I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.

My dad was young. He went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensive traveler or something. That didn't seem to be in the nature of - in his nature or in the nature of his parents or many of the folks in my family, really. They were - we had a cousin that went to - off to Brown University. It was like a nuclear explosion took place.

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land.

I don't want to make a record like in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s. I want to make a record like today, that`s right now.

The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.

I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it not you in the song?