Whatever success I've had so far has been assimilated into my body and mind.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do.

Life wants you to be complete unto yourself, generally enjoy and expand consciousness, open, explore, love.

So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.

A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. But one no longer has the right to say so aloud.

Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.

Metabolism is oxygen. And oxygen comes from breathing.

Snowman wakes before dawn.

Manchester United have, since 1991, conquered Europe about as successfully as Head and Shoulders has conquered dandruff

Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck.

I just wanted to say things that women wanted to say, but were afraid to.