[in 1967] I live the life of a recluse not out of choice or any mistaken notion
that I am creating an image or sympathy for myself, but because this is
the way I am.
[in 1968] I don't smoke. Clubs bore me stiff and food is something to eat and
not to celebrate over.
[in 1968] When they throw me out on to a TV set or a stage it's like puttin' a
hermit who has lived all his life in isolation suddenly in the middle
of Times Square.
[in 2018] I feel I'm writing for everyone. Just they haven't discovered it yet. I'll be six feet under - but they will.
[In 2018] I feel the lyric will always guide you to what to do with the music. Get the lyric right, everything else will follow.