The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad.

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.

I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now.

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding I'll call it wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I'm broken then only death remains