A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.

When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.

A benefit of friendship is knowing whom to tell secrets to.

Republics exist as long as the people "adhere to principles and virtue.

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.

You will never make the crab walk straight.

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.

But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.

Loneliness is a mirror, and recognizes itself.

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.

I like to get on with people. I don't go around being nasty, but if someone crosses me, I can be horrible back.