The wars they will be fought again The holy dove be caught again bought and sold and bought again; the dove is never free.

I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs].

Dear Hitler Take away the torches I'm not guilty I had to have this

I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had to have written one word that I didn't want to write, to be able to have satisfied that dictum I set for myself, which was not to work for pay, but to be paid for my work - just to be able to satisfy those standards that I set for myself has been an enormous privilege.

He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.

I don't trust my inner feelings, inner feelings come and go.

I think there's an appetite for seriousness. Seriousness is voluptuous, and very few people have allowed themselves the luxury of it.