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I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn't have crafty pop songs where it sort of didn't matter who played them because they're just really great songs.

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.

Any time you are put in the same category as Jane Fonda, a real legend, it feels surreal, perhaps even undeserved.

I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.