I’d be the happiest person in the world if he came, but I don’t think he will.

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

With David Byrne and Talking Heads you had a whole stage full of musicians to cut to, so you were obliged to cut to a certain extent.

Katherine: I cannot believe I am doing this.

Paul: Grownups can forget. Children can’t.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Love is the joy of the good and the wonder of the wise.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.