I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.

There's more to life than listening to rock music.

I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music.

I don't like to have everything all worked out in my head because there's always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.

I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.

But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job.