By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

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.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.

Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said the muse deserted him. And when I read that, it really had a profound effect upon me, sort of scared me. So that's why I think I have no right to assume that some thought is going to come... But I think, in my imagination, if it is it, there will probably be something else I'm interested in.

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.