The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.

My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

I feel sad that he's just a voice now.

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.

Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework.

All my life, I have been in love with the sky. Even when everything was falling apart around me, the sky was always there for me.

We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.