Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!

Never make a decision when you need to pee.

Does anybody have a cigarette? I'm looking forward to that first smoke. I've been looking forward to [it] for about 30 years.

I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events.

And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty.

[Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could translate one of my tunes into that really beautiful chamber music.

I noticed that when I was on Prozac my relationship with the landscape improved. I actually stopped thinking about myself for a minute or two, because most of the thoughts one has about oneself are involved with desire or loneliness or isolation or strategies to overcome them.