I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.

It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse. It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues.

If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with somebody else, you get that immediate feedback.

Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.

If you get a chance to be in a film, that's great. One of my goals is to make a record as good as Don Henley's album, Building the Perfect Beast.

I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.

I really think one of the greatest allies you can have is the imagination of your audience.