Deprivation is the mother of poetry.

Well I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.

My interest in this pack of failures betrays my character.

It is different [to perform in Israel] because it arises from very deep wells of affiliation.

I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.

Undertow" "I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught in the grip Of the undertow Ditched on a beach Where the sea hates to go With a child in my arms And a chill in my soul And my heart the shape Of a begging bowl

It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter.