Tonight I'm stepping lightly and I'm feeling no pain.

I never knew anybody who was unhappy with their job and was happy with their life. It's your sense of purpose. Now, some people can find it elsewhere. Some people can work a job and find it some place else.

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

All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

That Elvis, man, he is all there is. There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.

We all have stories we're living and telling ourselves.