We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

Leona Helmsley's dog made $12 million last year... and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio, made $30,000. It's just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains.

You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.