I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are at the top of their game. I mean, Tony Bennett is the coolest guy I ever met! We have to figure out how to break out of this age ghetto.

We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not really a part - shouldn't get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.

I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.

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

There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.