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" People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi. "

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" I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six? "

" You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it. "

" It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print. "

" How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? "

" The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there. "

" Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat. "

" There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. "

" Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. "

" I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that. "

" I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room. "

" I can concentrate on my art. "

" I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything. "

" Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful. "

" I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. "

" These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible. "

" You're a musician: You play. That's what you do. "

" I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother. "

" Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right. "

" Music was what bothered me, what interested me. "

" I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen. "

" I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is. "

" When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment. "

" You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums. "

" Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things. "

" When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played. "

" I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all. "

" There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time. "

" Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way. "

" In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle. "