But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.

When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.

I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.

I would push for more production and Steve Miller would say, "Why do you want to have more production when you have real songs? You don't want to cover up the song."

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

I remember doing "As Cool As I Am" and Steve Miller, the producer, saying "I really hear a drum loop here. I want to play it for you." When I wrote it, I thought, "This isn't going to sound very folky. I don't think it's going to go with mandolins and banjos." Then he played the loop for me and it sounded right.

God looks like a guidance counselor, God's got that smile. God says, 'How could this be? That's really odd I guess I'll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I'm only God.'