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

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around

I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.

I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.

I was a functional addict.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.