People make maps of all the places I've mentioned. I knew that those people were out there. I wanted to create something for them.

I can still sing most Eagles songs, even though I never bought a record and never liked the band.

You can't get every girl; you get the ones you love the best.

People think of songwriting as a very personal thing: A guy gets up there with an acoustic guitar and he sings his heart out, bares his soul.

An album doesn't mean as much to a lot of people now, compared to just songs.

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London, so I think we've tapped into some of that. Maybe because of the way the press works or whatever, they have extremely knowledgeable music fans over there. People who will sit there and talk to you about some record that came out in 1967 out of Memphis that you've never heard before.

When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it.