There are beautiful sounds in rock. Very lazy, dreamlike noises. You can forget about the lyrics in most songs. Just dig the noise, and you've got your sound...We're musical primitives.

When I did my self-portrait, I left all the pimples out because you always should. Pimples are a temporary condition and they don't have anything to do with what you really look like. Always omit the blemishes-they're not part of the good picture you want.

I used to drink Coke all the time. It was so good. It gives you a lot of energy.

New York restaurants are about selling atmospheres.

Nutty people are always writing me. I always think I must be on some nutty mailing list.

I can't bear to let all this beautiful talk go by. Everybody says... fantastic things. People are always putting it down as an invasion of privacy, but I think everyone should be bugged all the time... bugged and photographed.

A friend of mine always says, ‘Women love me for the man I’m not.’