It was [meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy] like looking at my mirror image.

They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row.

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.

I'm a good friend of Jonah Lehrer's. You should go on a date with him.

Romance never does go out of fashion. It's radical. But it's out of step with the current media culture.

I thought that he was righteous, but he's vain. Oh, somethings a telling me I wear the ball and chain.

You have to work out where your place is. And who you are. But we're all spirit. That's all we are, we're just walking dressed up in a suit of skin, and we're going to leave that behind.