I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work.

Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.

I'm here right now and I want now to be the greatest time.

I was never a singer, I can't play any instruments, I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger.