“To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and ne...” — Sam Shepard Quote

“To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing.”

“I had two experiences with very close friends of mine who experienced aphasia, the loss of language. It shocked me.”

“Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really earn your spurs acting onstage. I needed to do that for myself. I would hate to say at the end of everything that I never did a stage play.”

“Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.”

“I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.”

“The Internet has essentially democratized the music industry in terms of what is popular and it's democratized the music journalism industry as well.”