"I think he knew exactly what he was doing, and because we had been so intimate he knew what would hurt me, and he used it to great effect." (1998)
“John is a central figure in my life, always will be. I will always be grateful for having so much intimate time with him." (2000)
"I’m just very proud to have known him so intimately from when we were kids to virtually the end all the way through. I do have a connection with John and I don’t expect it to go even though we are separated by death." (2005)
"Another great thing about John and I having known each other so long and so intimately is he would often say to me, ‘What about that tune, that thing you always used to play on the piano? You should do something with that.’" (2007)
"I just feel blessed to have known him and to have experienced his presence so intimately." (2009)
"That was one of the memories when I'm talking to John "What about the night we cried?" you know. "What about the time we met?" and…. come on man, we had the most intimate relationship." (2015)
"We met each other as teenagers and went through a lot of life together: hitchhiking to Paris and holidays and working together and being in Hamburg together. So we were very intimate, we knew each other intimately as only teenage friends can." (2016)
“I was reminiscing about the most intimate details of our relationship and the millions of crazy things we had done." (2023)
