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.

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 used her and she used me, but neither one cared, we were getting our share.

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.

It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground.

I'm not a number. Dammit, I'm a man.

I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I'm playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.