Everybody's got to reclaim these thingspoetry, rock'n'roll, political activismand it's got to be done over and over again. It's like eating: you can't say,'Oh, I ate yesterday'.You have to eat again.

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.

New York is the thing that seduced me.

Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.

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

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

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