I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound. There are a lot of differences among Television, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.

That undercurrent of the forbidden was always a part of rock.

I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.