I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.

Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.

Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.

I was reared on folk music.

I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.

I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.

Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.