The only time that love is an easy game is when two other people are playing it.

All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.

I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.

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.

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.

Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.