I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

I'd had a rough childhood.

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians.

The only thing I have to give to make you smile, to win you with, are all the mornings still to live.

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He gets a bad rap; hes very misunderstood. Hes a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

They used to laugh at me when I refused to ride on all those double decker buses, all because there was no driver on the top.