Suffering, violent suffering, seems to be something that corresponds with something that we experience.

Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.

Seriousness is not Calvinistic, it's not a renunciation, it's the very opposite of that.

The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul.

I said I was ready to die recently, and I think I was exaggerating.That declaration of readiness, no matter what the outcome, that's a part of everyone's soul.

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.

My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in places I used to play. And I’m crazy for love but I’m not coming on. I’m just paying my rent every day in the tower of song.