The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.

You know, there is something I'm looking for when I'm writing. But I couldn't tell you what that is.

I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.

It's like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and yet some people see that there's something there that's really valuable. That's the way it went for more than 2 years almost 3 years of playing.

I'm not a clown but I'm not an academic either.

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 always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!