At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems…

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You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...