People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing.

Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.