I don't think that you should be per­fectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates consider­able personal problems.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

I like Thelonious Monk, he's so gnarled, he's like a piece of machinery that's pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.

Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.

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

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

I was always laughing in church.