I Have A Lot Of Regrets, But

The Only Thing I Really Wanted To Be Was A Beatnik, And Look What Happened: I Ended Up Being In A Band.

To Be An Artist You Have To Be As Much A Businessman To Succeed, You Have To Spend An Equal Amount Of Time Doing Business As You Spend Doing Your Craft.

But As A Writer And Performer, I Want To Get Paid For What I Do.

I Have A Lot Of Regrets, But I'm Not Going To Think Of Them As Regrets.

There Are All These Different Areas Of Specialization. That's It. You Have To Be A Specialist Nowadays. There's No Other Way. I Was An Artist For A Long Time, But I Was Always Into Being A General Practitioner. I Did A Little Of This And A Little Of That. And Nothing Got Me Anywhere. You Have To Specialize. If You Don't Specialize, It Takes You Until You're About Fifty Years Old Before Anybody Notices That You're Doing Anything At All.