It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.

I'm always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.

I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain words with melodies and it all becomes very moving.

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

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

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.

I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.