The moon is swimming naked and the summer night is fragrant with a mighty expectation of relief.

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.

Probably all cultures, certainly Western culture, always have been violent.

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.

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

I listen to the radio and I like all kinds of music, you know, but I like to hear from people who have been there. Hank Williams has been there.

Maybe there's a god above but the only thing I learned from love was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you.