Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.

I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own. Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers eyes...and I can only stand apart and sympathize...for we are only what our situations hand us...it's either sadness or euphoria.

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.