"The clock moved a quarter of a turn, the time it took a cigarette to burn"

"I'm going out now like a baby A naïve unsatisfiable baby Grabbing onto whatever's around For the soaring high or the …"

"Drink up, baby, look at the stars I'll kiss you again Between the bars Where I'm seeing you there With your hands in …"

"Crooked spin can't come to rest, I'm damaged bad at best."

"I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready."

"[when asked about cigarettes] I don't recommend them... but I smoke them."

"I don't intend to write depressing songs and I'd probably rather write happy ones"

"Here's a song I made up while I was watching Xena the Warrior Princess with the sound off. It's a fact. I had a secre…"

"There's some records that sell millions of copies, that it's really unclear if anybody liked it who was making it, y'…"

"I could make you satisfied in everything you do, All your secret wishes could right now be coming true And be forever…"