Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession.

The less I was of who I was, the better I felt.

When you're younger, you do have that thing that you were talking about where the mouth goes dry. I mean you have reactions, and you do fall in love.

I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone.

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune.

One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.

I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.