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

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.

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 was a functional addict.

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.

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.

I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.