If I could just hope to have a major talent, then I would rather have it in music than in any other field.

Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous because the perks are better. You get better seats at the basketball game, and you get better tables and reservations places. If I call a doctor on Saturday morning I can get him. There's a lot of things, indulgences that you don't get, if you're not famous. Now I'm not saying it's fair. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it.

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

Relationships are really what interest me the most. And I think, in the end, they interest most people the most. Even when you read Tolstoy or something, basically they're about man and woman relationships.

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British.

When I was born my mother was terribly disappointed. Not that she wanted a girl - she wanted a divorce.

My parents stayed together for forty years. But that was out of spite.