Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five.

Coroner's inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn't been to the sea-shore in ten years.

To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older.

The art of longing's over, and it's never coming back.

I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.

The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.

Even without the mushroom cloud still I would have hated Listen I would have done the same things even if there were no death I will not be held like a drunkard under the cold tap of facts I refuse the universal alibi