If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.

But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day

I don't know how to sell out. If I tried to sell out I don't think I could.

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.

Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they'll tell you California. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people live and they'll say Los Angeles. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where the craziest people live and they'll tell you Hollywood. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they'll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they'll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain.