Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

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

People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they write because the world strikes them as being a marvelous place, and they want to keep bringing that to everybody's attention. You know ~ a scary place, a menacing place, an exciting place because it's scary and menacing. But mainly, kind of glorious.

I've been to Paris. And it ain't that pretty at all.

You put more value on every minute...You know I always kinda thought I did that. I really always enjoyed myself. But it's more valuable now. You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute.