When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment.

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

When there are dogs and music, people have a good time.

It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.

Simplicity can intensify the emotion.

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing.

You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.