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

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time

A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young.

After all those years of automatic success, you don't get nervous any more. It's really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

The dialogue between what's going on in the world and what's going on internally seems to be a natural thing - well, it's natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.

I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers, still crazy after all these years.