Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

I did my time in the jail of your arms

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

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.

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

When it's raining you can't find enough things to catch it in. When it's not you can stand out in the middle of the street in a dress and a funny hat and nothing's gonna make it rain. I go through periods - or spells - when I'm more receptive.

All that you've loved is all you own