I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live.

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

I told somebody in Europe I was 43. I never tell my true age. It's ridiculous that people ask. The press doesn't deserve anything but lies.

The Beat thing happened when I was younger. I used to run away from home, inspired by the Beats, like in '64 and '65.

I've got a quote for you, a good quote to describe Television...In madness there is order.

In Old English they don't say I had a dream, but there's another usage of the word - "life is but a dream," to be corny about it. It's implied with eyes wide open, rather than asleep. But I'm not a philosopher to explain myself. I wish I could. Maybe that's why I'm a musician.

I'm not even sure who my audience is.