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.

Given all the facts that I'm young and I'm in good health and I'm famous - that I have talent, I have money - given all these facts, I want to know why I'm so unhappy.

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?"

Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.