People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately.

I wasnt thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

All the signs were right. And when I mean all the sings were right, the only signs that we care about when we start a project of making a record is, do we have the songs - it's that simple.

When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me.

I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.