I met a redneck on a Grecian isle who did the Goat Dance very well.

Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.

Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood.

When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.

The most important thing is to write in your own blood. I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel.

If you see yourself as a kingly type, then you need your serfs and your army and so on around you.

I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.