I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint - I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

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

I danced along a colored wind/ Dangled from a rope of sand

I've seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.

I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.

The piano has been drinking, not me.