I tried to commit suicide one day. It was a very Woody Allen-type suicide. I turned on the gas and left all the windows open.

I'm not walking around the stage, I'm not moving.

Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.

Live for each second without hesitation

George W. Bush was passionate about AIDS. And we had a 10-minute talk at the interval of a concert at the Kennedy Center about AIDS. And I was astonished about how well-informed he was and his commitment to AIDS. And so it's the typical thing of don't judge a book by its cover until you have read the book.

I guess that's why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.

I'll even pay sometimes for a woman that's ugly.