The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.

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.

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

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

The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

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