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" Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. "
Way
Soon
You
" All of my writing has guitars behind it, even the novels. "
Writing
Guitars
Even
" And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either. "
Voice
Guitar
Much
" And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart. "
People
Women
Heart
" Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. "
Activity
Only
Work
" As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. "
Man
Young Man
Life
" As I approach the end of my life, I have even less and less interest in examining what have got to be very superficial evaluations or opinions about the significance of one's life or one's work. I was never given to it when I was healthy, and I am less given to it now. "
Healthy
My Life
Work
" As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a Grammy Award. In fact, I was always touched by the modesty of their interest. "
Finish Line
Way
Finish
" At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable. "
Financial
Challenges
You Can Do It
" A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. "
Woman
Battle
Watches
" Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. "
Medals
Scars
Secrets
" I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly. "
Always
Myself
Small
" I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together. "
Trying
Song
Together
" I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use. "
Yourself
Thought
Kind
" I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face. "
Face
Old
Young
" I can make a couple of good sandwiches: tuna salad and chopped egg salad. And Greek bean soup. I was a cook for my old Zen master for many years. So there were two or three dishes that he liked, you know. Teriyaki salmon, a few things. "
I Can
You
Three
" I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it. "
Good
I Can
Long Time
" I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished. "
Away
Always
Number
" I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write. "
Pay
I Write
Write
" I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin. "
Myself
Skin
Rain
" I don't have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don't think mankind will be damaged if I don't put out a new album or a new book. "
Urgency
Think
Book
" I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog. "
Dog
Understand
Process
" I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability. "
Write
Need
Road
" If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. "
Knew
More
Songs
" I had a very messianic childhood. "
Childhood
Had
Very
" I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn't begrudge them their interest, and there were songs like 'Hey Jude' that I could appreciate. But they didn't seem to be essential to the kind of nourishment that I craved. "
Kind
Me
Devotion
" I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune. "
Poet
Title
Maybe
" I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion. "
Family
People
Good
" I like life on the road. It's a lot easier than civilian life. You kind of feel like you're in a motorcycle gang. "
Road
Kind
Feel
" In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. "
Truth Is
Done
Truth
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