“My friends are the ones I've had since primary school. They're really cool and such a good bunch of people. They came to every one of my gigs before all of this happened, you know; they were there in the smoky pubs, wherever.”
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“One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload”
“I do cherish those moments when I can just relax in the hotel room. Because there are a lot of details that have to be taken care of aside from just getting up onstage. You're dealing with a number of human beings whose well-being and safety you're concerned about. There are people I like to meet and talk to in the crew and the band.”
“It’s a depressing habit you have of loving to sneeze and of eating apples as if they were juicier for you and being the first one to exclaim how good the movie is. You depress people. We like apples too.”
“I've never thought of myself as a singer anyway. . . I've been free from those considerations because so many people over the years told me I don't have a voice. I kind of bought that. I never thought that much about it to begin with. I knew I didn't have one of the great voices. As my Damon Runyanesque lawyer used to say, "none of you guys can sing. If I want to hear singing, I'll go to the Metropolitan Opera."”
“Just to get serious about this thing, you know. One has to be compassionate. It's true that people are up against things, economically and emotionally.”
“Today [people] are ready to take emergency cures, whatever they are, if it's violence, if it's a fascination with serial killing or whatever - the discomfort is so intense. Maybe it's always been like that, certainly it is now.”
“Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know.”
“Other people singing my songs is something that I've never been casual about. I've always been very touched by it and I always go into immediate critical suspension.”
“Some people, it [songwriting] comes faster. Some people, it comes slower.”
“I listen to the radio and I like all kinds of music, you know, but I like to hear from people who have been there. Hank Williams has been there.”
“The obstacles are great and the suffering is great and people have got to make a living.”
“I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I hope this movie doesn't glamorise drugs.”
“Some people don't get it when I'm being sarcastic.”
“I just happen to think people are better off doing something they actually like.”
“I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.”
“Kate Winslet also happens to be one of my close friends who I goof off with like crazy. It was a reunion of two people who, I guess, are a little bit older, a tiny bit wiser but ultimately were the same as they were when they were 21.”
“People always ask, 'Was it fun? Was it fun working on a movie?' I don't know if that's the operative word. It is challenging and interesting and all those other things, but fun isn't always.”
“I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.”
“I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control people's opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did.”