“It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.”

“Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one.”

“When you're writing you're trying to find out something which you don't know.”

“You don't die. You just… get really angry and then after you're angry you hurt a lot and then the best thing is that one day you remember something she said or did and you laugh instead of crying.”

“You don't get something for nothing
You can't have freedom for free.
You won't get wise
With the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dream might be.
-- Something for Nothing (1976)”

“Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.”

“If you're looking to get silly, you better go back to from where you came. because the cops don't need you and man they expect the same.”

“If you didn't get angry and mad and frustrated, that means you don't care about the end result, and are doing something wrong.”

“Practice, practice, practice. Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest…if it makes you feel good, don't stop until you see the blood from your fingers. Then you'll know you're on to something!”

“Sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.”