Singing other people's material was perceived, I think, as a weakness of my persona. The effect, though, was to make me dig my heels in and try even harder to combine the two.

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.

Who can I turn to? Who can I trust?

When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing.

Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar.

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.