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.

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.

People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music.

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

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

this is every musician's dream, to stand in front of an audience and not have to prove your credentials.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.