I just finished touring, and I'm on a detox thing. It's a heavy detox, so nothing in my belly except water, salt, and cayenne pepper.

If I had more pepper, I wouldn't need any salt.

Praised be my Lord, for our sister water.

St. Francis of Assisi,
Canticle of the Sun

I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.

I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.