My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
I finally discovered that my life is more important than show business.
You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born.
My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.
When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'