Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.

Love is the light that can shine so bright.

I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.

I came out to California from Texas, to the Haight, and the Fillmore and all that stuff, and totally got the bug.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line.