I like to be surrounded by harmonies and fullness and richness and vitality

My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuff like pigs, cows, and chickens. We really don't have an honest-to-goodness farm, more of a hobby farm.

I'm pretty satisfied with how 'Postcard' turned out. I think everybody did a great job.

Music is more of a hobby to me than my hobbies, if that makes sense. I love music; my dad and brother were very musical, and music just happens to be one of my hobbies that became my vocation.

It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million

There's no way to learn how to write a hit song. There's no formula for it. You just have to have it inside of you.

I love driving; driving along the California coastline is the best drive in the world.