I've Never Felt British. I'm Just Not

You Have To Face The Fact That I Have No Reputation As A Composer; I Have My Reputation As A Songwriter And A Performer-and That Opportunity Came This Summer, When I Was Invited To Perform At The Lincoln Centre Festival In New York... Three Nights.

There Are Five Things To Write Songs About: I'm Leaving You. You're Leaving Me. I Want You. You Don't Want Me. I Believe In Something. Five Subjects, And 12 Notes. For All That, We Musicians Do Pretty Well.

Nonsense Prevails, Modesty Fails Grace And Virtue Turn Into Stupidity While The Calendar Fades Almost All Barricades To A Pale Compromise And Our Leaders Have Feasts On The Backsides Of Beasts They Still Think They're The Gods Of Antiquity If Something You Missed Didn't Even Exist It Was Just An Ideal Is It Such A Surprise?

I Became An Altar Boy Because Of The Solemn Face, But I Got Thrown Out At Fourteen For Laughing. Because The Priest Used To Mumble Everything Except The Church Plate Takings.

I Can Write Orchestrations, But I Can't Sight-read Music And Play At The Same Time. I Don't Have Enough Facility.