I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

I'm a little old-fashioned - I like it when the man opens the door and I like it when a man pays for me. I particularly like it when they pay for dinner or whatever, because I've pretty much done the opposite, but for the exception of James [Taylor], where we split everything down the middle. I've been the larger money earner in practically all of my relationships. There's equality and there are positive differences, which are complimentary.

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.