Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.'

Remember how you made me crazy, remember how I made you scream.

In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis. You know, they kind of look the same.

It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.