"People are very much victims of their lack of education. This of course makes them a lot easier to control. It works the same way there as it does . I wouldn't say that surprised me."

“A record should be like a bus ticket to somewhere, but you're not sure where that somewhere is going to be. shouldn't just give you thirteen variations on the same four elements, like McDonald's, or something. 'You liked that one? Well here's the same thing, except with extra cheese.'”

“Late for work again today. Somebody was lying down on the job again. Will you people please stop jumping under my train? 'Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a slight delay while we hose the blood away.'”

“A thousand eyes are gazing down like bullet holes shot into the roof, as I lie here scratching for a grain of truth.”

“Another perfect catastrophe is just waiting to happen, watching for the moment to transpire. Another perfect catastrophe is just dying to go down. It's only looking for the perfect place and time.”

“I was in Brooklyn and it was freezing cold. I was living in a room with no windows and paying too much in rent. I envisioned sitting under a palm tree. I followed my nose from there.”

“I've been down so long that coming up is giving me the bends.”