People always like stories about the little guy fighting the big guy.

I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.

These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore.

As most characters are that I play, there's a lot of me in it, anyway.

Playing normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So they come kind of simultaneously.

When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it means something's right with your career.