I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.

Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.

I wanted to see who this Yeats person was, and I said to my mother, 'I want a book by this person.' And she bought it for me, and a lot of it was over my head, but I had it.

My mission is to communicate, to wake people up, just to give them my energy and accept theirs.

Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm writing a song, I imagine performing it. I imagine giving it. It's a different aspect of communication. It's for the people.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.