You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.

I'm in a New York state of mind

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man's Trojans.

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.

My songs are like my kids.

I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.