There's a lot of frustration in trying to get music out when you're the only one who hears it, especially if you have something in your head that's not normal.

It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down.

Learning from other people is what music is all about.

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock 'n' roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.

I get into each thing I do, to the point where nothing else matters. I guess I'm an extremist.

We're very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we've learned.

I do one take; I never overdubbed twice. I know there's stuff that isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter: Nothing is perfect, and there is a magic there that is undeniable because of the fact that we don't care about those things.