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

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

This is the most challenging activity that humans get into, which is love. You know, where we have the sense that we can't live without love. That life has very little meaning without love.

I do cherish those moments when I can just relax in the hotel room. Because there are a lot of details that have to be taken care of aside from just getting up onstage. You're dealing with a number of human beings whose well-being and safety you're concerned about. There are people I like to meet and talk to in the crew and the band.

I looked into [Prozac]. I must say that it is certainly a wonder drug.

What [Prozac] does is completely annihilate the sexual drive, so the question of passion hardly arises.

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.