It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.

If you love your life, everybody will love you too.

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?

The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him

I think globally and act locally.

The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.

There are a lot of artists who haven't lost anything to domesticity. In my case, it probably did happen.