We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we’ve lost.
I have my booksAnd my poetry to protect me;I am shielded in my armor,Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.I touch no one and no one touches me.I am a rock,I am an island.
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
Kodachrome… it gives us those nice, bright colors,gives us the greens of summers,makes ya think all the world’s a sunny day,Oh yeah!I’ve got a Nikon camera, I’d love to take a photograph,so mama don’t take…my Kodachrome away…
…and all the people said ‘What a shame that he’s dead, but wasn’t he a most peculiar man?
You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said “DoloresI live in fearMy love for you’s so overpoweringI’m afraid that I will disappear
Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.
If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won’t be put to death.
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.