It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to you, "Why did you use a harmonium?" Or "What is that ringing sound that occurs here?" The questions are always "What does that song mean?" or "What were you trying to say here?"

I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later that night on the front pages of all the newspapers. Then I got it.

One man's ceiling is another man's floor.