I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.

To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.

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

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

Without a doubt, the warming of the past 100 years has been a welcome respite from a long and deadly Little Ice Age. The possibility that humans may have contributed to the recent warming does not make it any less welcome.

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.