I Don't Remember Feeling Love.

Thank God, 50 Years Ago I Learned That Our Entire Business Is All Based On Two Things; A Great Song And A Great Story. Film, Television, If You Don't Have That Story, Nothing Else Matters. You Don't Call Anybody Else Or Direct Anybody. The Same With A Song. A Great Song Can Make The Worst Singer In The World A Star.

I'm A Great Believer In Letting Lyrics Just Flow Out, Wherever They Come From.

Whenever A Woman Would Come Too Close, I Would Cut Her Off. Part Of That Was Vindictive - But That Was Totally Subconscious.

My Brother Died Of Cancer Two Years Ago (1998), Renal Cell Carcinoma. He Was My Only Real Brother And I Didn't Know What To Do. I'd Never Been So Desperate In My Life.

My Earliest Memories Are Being Pinned To A Fence With A Switchblade.