It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

I'm the same on stage as I am off stage. A lot of people who I admire - Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne - are not that different either. You hope that if you met them that they'd be as nice and well-rounded as they appear.

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

There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me.

There's lots of flaws and frailties and cracks in the armor, and nobody wants to put themselves out there as some kind of Joan of Arc because none of us can live up to that, but I'm grateful to be a role model and be respected because I have a whole slew of people, men and women, that I feel the same way about.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.