A good song deals with the human condition, and the truth of the human condition.

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.

I love singing. The joy of singing live - I don't think I will ever stop that.

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

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.

I'm not going out there and doing the same material every night. I have this amazing audience of fans who have been listening to me, some of them since 1975.