There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.

Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.

I wish you luck with a capital F.

I find humming is very useful.

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.