People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

In the tradition of the classic songwriter rooms like The Bluebird in Nashville, Strange Brew is a gift to the music community in Austin, for artists and audiences alike

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

Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down.

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.

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy.