I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.