If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you're not really needed by your family, but you're there. And my kids like to know I'm there.

I guess I lost my way, there were so many roads. I was living to run, and running to live, never worried about paying or even how much I owed.

That's a good way to live, go against the wind.

It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.

He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.

I like people to just bring it to the table and feel the moment. And that's why I've never done a session where I don't sing live.

You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me.