Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!!

There's always a nice tune [on radio] - helps you get the dishes done . I like to get the news from time to time - not too often. I don't feel deprived.

I don't know which side is anybody on any more. I don't really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we're on and understand that we are creatures of a higher order.

To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older.

Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.

I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.

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