I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.

Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.

My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it.