I really feel fortunate to have been around then because there have been good and bad years in rock but the best years were '55 to early '61. I got to see Buddy Holly and everybody else.

Everybody's a mix of good and bad choices that they make.

Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.

It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

There's a little good and bad in everyone. Everybody I've ever loved is very complicated.