I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song.

I still believe in the power of the word, that words inspire.

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.

Rationally I have no hope, irrationally I believe in miracles.

They'll crucify you for staying the same, and they'll crucify you for change. I'd rather be crucified for changing.

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew there was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges, too.

Lazy reviewers look up other people's reviews and they write the same thing, so you get people writing crap based on crap.