“If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song”

“...you are a river rock and belong in a stream - not here in this upper room sinking in my bed...”

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.”

“I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced”

“If he survived Roaming Rock, he kept telling himself, death would have lost its sting.”

“The river is motion, turmoil, rage. As the river flows, it wonders what it would be like to be so still, to take a breath, to rest. But the rock will always wonder what lies around the bend in the stream.”