I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.
I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.
You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.
It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.
I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.
I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.
Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way.
You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy.
The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music?
For a while, I felt a little self-impelled to write Lou Reed Kind of songs. I should have understood that a Lou Reed song was anything I wanted to write about.
Take a walk on the wild side.
I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.