I could have a job as a teacher because I like talking in front of people.

Love is an angel disguised as lust.

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

I didn't have any career design. I was not thinking about publishing or doing a record. I was just working. I was evolving. I wanted to really comprehend what I was doing before stepping too far out.

Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out of it.

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.