You want to sing this song. And so it goes on until eventually, after - well, however long it can take - sometimes a few days, sometimes months - you piece the whole thing together.

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.

A balance, I think, is needed, " Dr. Templeton said judiciously, "between the head and the heart: nothing easier to say: nothing harder to achieve.

Memories come to mind like excavated statuesthat have misplaced their heads.

My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.

There's no honor in soccer

Pure morality is only an instinctive adjustment which the soul makes.

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

While the Bibles account of the flood is one of judgment, it is also one of mercy and salvation.

My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying.

Just as the Depression left a generation of dads feeling they never had enough money, so father deprivation is leaving a generation of sons and daughters with different psychic wounds.

I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.