He said that hate makes the world go round People are afraid of what they really want They make enemies of all the things that they would like to be They condition themselves to not embrace what they are Love is a clinging nausea I tried to disagree with him It was no use I never saw a more honest look in anyone's eyes.

Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet.

When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

I don't have many friends so the phone doesn't ring and no one's asking me to go out and go dancing with them.

For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often.

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.