A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth.

If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

I loved Christmas. We had a really great time. But there wasn't - it was all - you had to be happy with, you know, an orange and a couple of walnuts, you know, in your stocking.

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

Giving is sharing.

It's all about perspective. The sinking of the Titanic was a miracle to the lobsters in the ship's kitchen. (Oct 4, 2011)

Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.

I probably have genius. But no talent.

The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot.

In a capitalist system, things are valued by what people will pay for them.

But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.

There is no dignity in a crying toothpick.

I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love in the Bible; God is vengeance, from Alpha to Omega.