Lifting his gaze to Graham, he reached over and cupped his cheek. "I'm not much on sharing emotions and crap.

In the next instance Graham claimed her lips in a demanding, yet gentle kiss

Don't ever apologize for being a little rough with me!

I felt the pull toward you the first time we met.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness

You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights.

Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health.

May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.

I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.

I do feel as if my own music as quite flawed, and it's that frailty or lack of technical proficiency that goes hand-in-hand with some sort of professionalism.

I'm a weird, bald musician who makes records in his bedroom and lives in the Lower East Side.

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

As long as it's not me, I'll be cool.

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.