What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

Music is important. It says things you heart can't say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they're doing - and don't take music for granted.

You'd better do what you feel good about doing. If we [try] to figure out what it is the audience wants and then try to deliver it to them, we're lost souls on the ghost ship forever.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.