Do you really want to know why I'm doing all this goodwill, and why I'm an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and why I gave a million to [relief efforts for Hurricane] Katrina? It's because I feel guilty about the huge hole in the ozone layer my haircuts created. It's my responsibility to right the wrongs of the Eighties.Collection: Responsibility
I try to explain that to my kids - the experience of going to a record store, flipping through racks and finding that album cover that intrigues you - but my kids don't want to know about it. They download the one song on the album they like, and pay their 99 cents.Collection: Song
All I have is this guitar, these chords and the truth.Collection: Guitar
If Elton John and Madonna had a baby it would be Lady Gaga.Collection: Baby
I don't work well outside the lines; my report card once read, "doesn't play well with others."Collection: Play
It's a little hard for me to stand behind the walls of the great mansion and play rock and roll star. I feel the need to give back.Collection: Stars
Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."Collection: Gay
I'd rather die than fade awayCollection: Fades
I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back; I been everywhere, and I'm standing tall I've seen a million faces an I've rocked them all.Collection: Play
You don't need fancy sneakers to run fastCollection: Running
With an iron-clad fist, I wake up and French-kiss the morning.Collection: Morning
I was a boy toy for a bunch of women.Collection: Boys
Nothing is as important as passion.Collection: Passion
And I laughed so hard I think I diedCollection: Thinking
I have had some sorry-ass looks, but I'm the first one to laugh. I'm either to credit or to blame for the '80s.Collection: Sorry
Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.Collection: Heaven
I might have been through some changes, but changing the way I look wasn't one of the major ones. To be honest. I'm sick of the whole subject of my hair. I mean, are you just sitting there looking at my hair, or are you looking at me?Collection: Mean
How can the Replacements be the best band of the 80s when I've never even heard of them?Collection: Band
Nobody's dumb in this relationship [with his wife] or in the relationships of any of the other guys in the band. But it's also not the cliché that those on the outside envision.Collection: Guy
Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don’t, who will?Collection: Believe
Each one of you has something no one else has, or has ever had: your fingerprints, your brain, your heart. Be an individual. Be unique. Stand out. Make noise. Make someone notice. That’s the power of individuals.Collection: Brain
I can’t sing a love song Like the way it’s meant to be Well, I guess I’m not that good anymore But baby, that’s just me.Collection: Song
I could always write songs, act, get into politics, or stay home with the kids. But I’ve got to have some fun.Collection: Fun