I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua.

I think that the history of rock could be recycled in a different way and brought back into focus without the luggage that comes along with it.

I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

Someday, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter; Someday, I'm gonna get that faculty together.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 - for albums, anyway.

The younger people get into the lyrics in a different way; there's much more of a tactile understanding, which is the way I prefer it.