A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.

there's no forsaking what you love no existential leap as witnessed here in time and blood a thousand kisses deep

If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a mysterious condition. It’s much like the life of a Catholic nun. You’re married to a mystery.

I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events.

Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five.

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.

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