Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and he would say, "You're crooked. You've always been crooked and you'll continue to be crooked. But look at me! Look at me!" said the straight tree. He said, "I'm tall and I'm straight." And then one day the lumberjacks came into the forest and looked around, and the manager in charge said, "Cut all the straight trees." And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.

Francis Ford Coppola is completely unconventional. He has a strong sense of loyalty. Great eyes. It's a diabolical undertaking in terms of organization and leadership.

I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die.

Misery is the River of the World

Your old home town's so far away, but inside your head there's a record that's playing, a song called 'Hold On