I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

Now you wear your skin like iron

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.