It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter.

His vision was just outstanding. If you think of him in the same way as Pele then you would come close.

Music is the emotional life of the most people.

We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.

Some people, it [songwriting] comes faster. Some people, it comes slower.

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

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking. Everybody knows the captain lied. Everybody got this broken feeling, like their father or their dog just died. Everybody talking to their pockets. Everybody wants a box of chocolates and a long-stem rose. Everybody knows.