I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.

Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.