You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits..

Good melody is never out of fashion.

I've never really looked back..

You do a lot of concatenating when you're an Oulipian.

No one is ever going to be as good as I was.

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me..

Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes..

Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more..

My life now could not be better..

Be fruitful, and multiply..

Do not disturb. Already there..

That's some f***ing doorman you've got there, Ms. Shugak..

I wouldn't go back and change anything..

What belongs to someone, belongs to someone..

No one is accountable anymore for anything..

It's always better to be underdressed..

I really tried to go for that sound of the '60s pop melodies but I'm living in the present so that makes it contemporary. I like to pretend I'm outsi….

Now is the only thing that exists..

My only fear is the unknown..

I've always thought that less was a lot more..

I like my life. It's good..