I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much.

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics.

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists. There are good things and bad things about being an artist, and the good thing is, sometimes you get an inside line on what's really happening. You develop these strange antennae that clue you in to what's really going on.

As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?

The sun machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party.

It's much easier for me to say that, the kind of music I didn't listen to was pretty much that. I mean everything, from jazz to classical to popular. And Tibetan horns were a great part of it in 1966, '67.

If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile.