“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”

“And the things you can’t remember tell the things you can’t forget that history puts a saint in every dream.”

“Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.”

“They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing.”

“I just don't like the word 'fun'--it's like Volkswagen, or bell-bottoms, or patchouli-oil or bean-sprouts...it rubs me up the wrong way.”

“i never told the truth so i can never tell a lie...”

“You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleepWhen the devil leaves the porch light on?”