The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth.
I don't think you should make music to make music, just to show that you can. That's the opposite of vitality.
We all come back to our little worlds.
I don't think it will ever be lessened. Because I always move on to something else - and the music that I listen to, that I ingest, is a lot different than what I put out. I'm always becoming obsessed with the next phase of my musical vocabulary.
I'm obsessed with five different things a day. It's like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
When you listen to the Anthology of American Folk Music, or anything like that - a compilation of garage bands from the Northeast in the early '60s - you're not necessarily listening to the band and thinking about the lead singer, or the story of the group, or the context or the mythology of the group. You're just listening to the song and whether or not it has a hook.
A lot of Appalachian music has a certain haunted, foggy feel to it; a certain sinister quality. And that transcends who is singing it. I think it's good if an artist can represent some kind of culture that they either aspire to ignite, or that they themselves experience.
Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.
The things Elvis has done during his career and the things he has contributed and created are really something very important to the music business.
You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave.
It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.