When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.

The outside world doesn't have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

As you age, feelings do diminish.

Romance is an illusion. Well, romance is not a complete illusion, but it's ephemeral. It does not last.

Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.

Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.