No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?

Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.

They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known.

Don't go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are Don't go trying some new fashion Don't change the color of your hair. [...] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.

It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.