I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.

I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.