Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.

In a way the new music showed things could be transformed by new channels of communication.

It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.