We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.

Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.

With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.

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

There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine

The challenge of course is in sobriety and that's been the blessing, to realize, to take accountability for the ways that your own thinking impacts your happiness, and your serenity, and your ability to be a productive and a loving, giving member of your family and society.

You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.