I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to play a Neil Young solo, and then you realize there`s a good chance you can get Neil himself.

Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.