[In response to being asked if his band does gimmicks] Gimmicks, here we go again, gimmicks man, I'm tired of people saying we're.... gimmicks, what is this? The world is nothing but a big gimmick, isn't it? Wars, napalm bombs, all that, people getting burned up on tv and it's nothing but a stunt. Gimmick. Yes we do. |
A broom is drearily sweeping, up the broken peices of yesterdays life. Somewhere a queen is weeping, Somewhere a king has no wife, And the wind cries Mary. |
And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually. |
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel |
But I always told him, 'When you start playing music you do something original.' He sure did, and I was really proud of him for doing that. |
Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually. |
Excuse me while I kiss the sky. |
He'd been listening to black music all his life, |
I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan. |
I try to use my music to move these people to act |
I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see. |
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out. |
I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked. |
I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to |
I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes. |