There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.

The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we're all going, "God, what a jerk I've been," "How could I have married that guy?" or "How could I have done this or that?" With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, "It wasn't all about them."

I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.

I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.

The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.

It's very personal in California to live within hours, and sometimes just a few miles, of earthquake faults when nuclear plants were being built.

I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but I just love the way it sounds, almost like the human voice.