I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing.

I try not to take people who haven't really thought out what they're doing too seriously. I try not to let them get in the way of what I feel I need to do.

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

I don't suspect that in many instances the artists who are dedicated in that fashion to the progress of that community are as well protected by the community as might be necessary.

All the dreams you show up in are not your own.