But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. ... And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard. ... Dylan can do no wrong. ... Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him. ... 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.

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

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life.

Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.

I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.