All that you've loved is all you own

I finally discovered that my life is more important than show business.

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

Q: What’s hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.

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

You know what I really love? The CD players in a car. How when you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like it's hungry. It pulls it in, and you feel like it wants more silver discs.

You choke my days, I'll choke yours.