I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it.

I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!

I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone.

It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life.

What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.

I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else.