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.

Love is the light that can shine so bright.

I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand.

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

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.

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

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