I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.

I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you're wrong, you're soppy, sentimental.

All I've got to do today is smile.

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my 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.

...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.