Punk rock is just another word for freedom.

Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply.

Committing great work does not necessarily feed you.

I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.

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

Most women writers don't interest me because they're hung up with being a woman, they're hung up with being Jewish, they're hung up with being somebody or other. Rather than just going, just spurting, just creating.

John Coltrane, he talks to god. He starts playing his solo, he might play for 14 minutes. For 14 minutes, it seems like he's talking to god, but he always takes a hold of the melody.