Lyricists play with words.

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.

I thought the only lonely place was on the moon.

You can fill my appetite without me taking up a bite.

Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.

We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us.