I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.

Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

Wish I'd written Tikkun Olam – a Weavers or Peter Paul & Mary hit!

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.