At first it was difficult for me to draw. My right hand doesn't work anymore so I had to train myself to use my left hand. But I persevered. The first one I ended up finishing was the duck.

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

I was crazy back then, I must admit. I had an extreme attitude.

I'm working and it's great. Life's great. Believe me on that. So what if I had a stroke? I'm getting on with things.

Music is my life and my passion.

I love my music and recording people.

I'm an old man now. I can't believe it. I'm listening to all sorts because I'm producing people.

Being deeply aware of fragility and ecstasy seems to me an essential part of being alive and living fully - and there's no way for me to separate this from my poems.

All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid.

I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized.

But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not cease to fall.

His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command. Ibid.

If we have listening ears, God speaks to us in our own language, whatever that language be

Even though I believe we should promote Chinese medicine, I personally do not believe in it. I don't take Chinese medicine.

Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.