After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have to take a picture and later a poem comes in my mind.

Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

I realize that people need something to believe in.

My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.

We all make choices. Believe me, I would like to write the hit of the world. It's not like I have any desire to be in the shadows. My vision isn't marketing. Some people want to sell 6 million albums. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just not what I do. I'd rather look at a piece of work and say it's great rather than it's successful.

Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush.

Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.