It's Like Duke Ellington Said,

Goodbye Don't Mean Gone.

Dreams, If They're Any Good, Are Always A Little Bit Crazy.

I Never Considered Myself Part Of Rock 'n' Roll. My Stuff Was More Adult. It Was More Difficult For Teenagers To Relate To; My Stuff Was Filled With More Despair Than Anything You'd Associate With Rock 'n' Roll. Since I Couldn't See People Dancing, I Didn't Write Jitterbugs Or Twists. I Wrote Rhythms That Moved Me. My Style Requires Pure Heart Singing.

I Cant Retire From Music Any More Than I Can Retire From My Liver. Youd Have To Remove The Music From Me Surgically—like You Were Taking Out My Appendix.

[on His Heroin Addiction:] I Did It To Myself. It Wasn't Society...it Wasn't A Pusher, It Wasn't Being Blind Or Being Black Or Being Poor. It Was All My Doing.