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

You can't get so interested in just making sounds. The point of it all is some kind of expression.

I'd never assume an audience was anything but totally receptive and perfect. Seriously, it seems to me that's the only circumstance you can work under. Otherwise, speaking for myself, you may as well be in the advertising business.

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.

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