Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.

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

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

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...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

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...

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.

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

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.

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...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

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...

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up...

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men,...

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men,...