I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.

Love is the only engine of survival

In My Secret Life" "I saw you this morning, you were moving so fast. Can't seem to loosen my grip On the past. And I miss you so much, there's no one in sight. And we're still making love In my secret life. I smile when I am angry, I cheat and I lie, I do what I have to do to get by, In my secret life.

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

I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability.

Take one step to the side and it's all absurd.

No one's ever done one of my songs badly. People say to me, "God, so-and-so wrecked that song." Well, I'm unaware of it. Anybody doing one of my tunes has earned my gratitude, and I don't get that many covers where I have the luxury to choose.