We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity.

I think culture's always been violent, and it is something we find very entertaining. Not only does it reflect our social reality, but it also reflects our psychic reality.

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

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be.

As soon as anybody does one of my songs, I rejoice. This particular case of all these great singers doing my work - the implications are very rich and the temptation to think of the outcome of these masses of the mainstream injecting my work into the marketplace, it's a very sweet speculation.

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love