I don't know which side is anybody on any more. I don't really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we're on and understand that we are creatures of a higher order.

Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know.

He knew that hair couldn't feel; he kissed her hair.

there's no forsaking what you love no existential leap as witnessed here in time and blood a thousand kisses deep

I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside our door.

I've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often.

It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter.