Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.

Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

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.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.