And all I really want to say is you're the reason I want to stay.

The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what if you get into the eighth chapter and think, 'Let's go to the top and see if this works again? It's going to take me three weeks.' I'm in awe of that.

What stupid f - king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn't work out?

You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.