The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.