All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.

I walked out and Jack Nicholson was sitting about six feet away, so I avoided that area and I looked up at the balcony in the back and sang the song.

He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.

I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful. But there's something I liked about the image of a skater going in this endless twisted circle that doesn't have any real endpoint. So the object is not to stop or arrive anywhere; it's just to make this thing as beautiful as they can.

They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.