Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.

You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece.

Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not just like I have a hangover in the weekend ... the girl didn't show up or something like that. It isn't that. It's not really depression, it's a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you're gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit.

Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

Dear Hitler Take away the torches I'm not guilty I had to have this

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.