He wasn't like glamorous. Of all the people watching I'm sure there were a lot of people into him, … obsessed with him, some women out there that were in this fan club. People are watching the news every night; there's this intimate relationship with this stranger.

So many of them just fall out of your life and you never see them again.

As a songwriter I enjoy the intimacy of me singing the songs.

People think the time to leave is when things become unbearable, or is a function of the time you've been there. It's not, ... The Doom-Loop System.

Women and men who have established no-lie relationships talk about them with reverence, even when they are not permanent and, in fact, even when they are not romantic. Why? In the no-lie relationship there is acceptance of who each partner is, rather than a shallow idealization. There is a genuine commitment to the relationship beyond the immediate. You each act as though you are in a real partnership that will last.

[You have a lot on your mind, just not work. The work doesn't challenge you and time hangs.] Boredom is a big factor, ... When it's just a job, it's time to leave.