We live in a post-authentic world, and today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It's all just what you're bringing when the lights go down. It's your teachers, your influences, and your personal history. At the end of the day, it's the power and purpose of your music that still matters.

Judge said, what you got in your defense son? Fifty-seven channels and nothing on.

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18.

I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information.

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.

All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling.

You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.