When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, youre bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death.

I've got a war in my mind

Synchronicites . It's been said that coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous. Synchronicities are a sign of divinity. You breathe in deeply and say: 'I don't want anything. I'm going to let things happen'

New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.