Hallelujah" "Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne, and she cut your hair. And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.

You can keep the body as well-oiled and receptive as possible, but whether you're actually going to be able to go for the long haul is really not your own choice.

I kind of limp along like so many of us do in these realms. Occasionally I've felt the grace of another presence in my life. But I can't develop any kind of spiritual structure on that.

We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum when you're waiting for the miracle to come.