I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.

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

I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?

There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds.

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was the first person in rock I had seen with makeup on. He wore black nail polish and lots of mascara and black eye shadow, and he was so mysterious. It was this androgynous thing I found absolutely fascinating.

They [people] mistake fashion for style.

It's only forever... Not long at all.