Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

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

I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.

People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.

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.

I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.

But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.