"They made hypocrite judgments after the fact, But the name of the game is be hit and hit back."

"From what I know about alcoholism, I'd say there's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave — n…"

"I'm insane. I'm fucked up. I have problems. But I don't get depressed and I don't get bored."

"I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about."

"It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies … I'm sure popular music is su…"

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It w…"

"You know, you put more value on every minute … I mean, I always thought I kind of did that. I really always enjoyed m…"

"Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence — helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories."

"I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it."

"Every day I get up in the morning and go to work And do my job — whatever. I need some Sentimental Hygiene. Everybody…"