The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.

In a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay.

I took a month long vacation in the stratosphere, and you know it's very hard to hold your breath.

Sometimes, at night you could hear the whole damn city crying.

I had no credit cards. I had no checks. I was cash only until I was probably 30 years old.

And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself and the guitar, so I was going to have to do something with just my voice, just the guitar and just my songs that was going to move someone enough to give me a shot. So I wrote songs that were very lyrically alive and lyrically dense. And they were unique, but it really came out of the motivation to - or I understood it was - I was going to have to make my mark that way.

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.