Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.

How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings

Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.

Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.

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.

The less I was of who I was, the better I felt.

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