When I Began Making My Own Albums,

I Don't Think [dylan And The Beatles] Influenced Me A Lot. I Think It Was Inevitable; They Were So Powerful That You Couldn't Really Escape The Influence.

The Abstract Music Is Just More Interesting Because It Doesn't Really Have Anything To Say, But If It Is Good, It Creates Thoughts And Feelings, And I Enjoy That. For Me, Once The Music Creates Those Thoughts And Feelings, I Begin To Write A Song About It.

We Got On American Bandstand, Where Kids Would Dance To A Record And Then Rate It. We Called Ourselves Tom And Jerry. I Was Jerry.

One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor.

My Life So Common It Disappears And Sometimes Even Music Cannot Substitute For Tears.