I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented.

I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you get married you are on the highway to heaven, and quite often it isn't that. I think marriage has always been based on a combination of religious and legal reasons.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

Everyone in the movie industry wants to win an Oscar. I don't think that's why you make movies. But winning an Oscar is not just about making a great movie, unfortunately. It's also having a good Oscar campaign.

I don't think there's anything wrong with having sex, you know. At any age.

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.