There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.

I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?

Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.

I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.

'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children. And, it was a great example for us. I guess we grew up with a certain amount of the ethics our parents had, which is, you know: work hard, make your own way, be independent.

I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.

I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.