Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.

They tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic that lets you survive your own war, you'll find that that fire is passion and there's a door up ahead - not a wall.

The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an amazing thing. I mean, a painting is, in quotes, imaginary. There is nothing on the canvas when you start; and writing a song, there is nothing there when you start.