There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

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.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty. If we are truly each other's keepers, let's support school lunches, food stamps, neighborhood garden projects, and so many other wonderful programs working to put an end to this cruel and needless blight once and for all.

When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel - it releases something in you that resonates as true, whether it's James Brown or Joni Mitchell.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.