We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

All the lousy little poets coming around trying to sound like Charles Manson.

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

Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.

Get ready for the future: it is murder.

I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own.

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line.