My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room. This system has just worked for me, even though I've had to sweat over every word. It's just my style.

I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog.

I would like to work with Pat [ Leonard] in any capacity. I would love to hear his versions.

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.

How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore

It's easy to look down from the summit you've reached, or even the summit I've reached, and talk about the responsibilities of the artist, but most people are just trying to get their foot in the door and make a living.