It was the most awful construction project I've ever been involved with. It wasn't a swamp, but the land was wet. It had a huge amount of trees and grass. For years the vegetation had fallen into the water and rotted, forming a tremendous amount of organic matter.

In a market where you have five parcels of viable land next to your site, it can be a problem having no opposition.

I am to snakes what Colonel Sanders is to chickens.

Pierre said, 'If he can get clearance, give us a shout and we'll see what the lay of the land is at that point.

Just in general as a person, not necessarily as a songwriter, being in cities wasn't the right fit. I couldn't escape and be in the woods in 10 minutes if I needed to. I like that in Eau Claire, I can walk to a bar or a coffee shop, and there's city-ish things, but I can also drive and in eight minutes be at my parents' land outside of town.

A large whale was taken betwixt my land abutting on the Thames and Greenwich, which drew an infinite concourse to see it, by water, horse, coach, and on foot, from London, and all parts. ... It would have destroyed all the boats, but ... after a long conflict, it was killed with a harping iron, struck in the head, out of which spouted blood and water.