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

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

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico Garcia Lorca.

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

If you're lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you're lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this.

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

Part of the shabbiness of our culture, if indeed it is shabby, is that it doesn't seem to prepare people. With all the songs about love and all the movies and all the books, there doesn't seem to be any way that we can prepare the human heart for this experience.