I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.

How can you live in the Northeast?

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.

The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it.

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.