As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the 70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When I write I may be a Brando creep, or a girl laying on the floor, or a Japanese tourist, or a slob like Richard Speck. You have to be a chameleon when you're writing.

I think guys are more emotional. Men are supposed to be the strong ones, they have pressure on them to be strong, but when it comes to sex men are much more emotional than women.

An artist wears his work in place of wounds.

The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy.

I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection