The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again

I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where I can use that. And when you get into a rhyme group like 'not,' you got a lot of rhymes, you got a lot of choices. The more you do it, the luckier you get.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

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

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.