It's time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

I've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often.

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.

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.

I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words.

I want to be paid for my work, not work for my pay.

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.