Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above.

Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it.

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.

From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.

Is there anybody alive out there?