I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight.

In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and that is pretty time consuming. Then you teach it to the band so everybody gets all the parts. Then you rehearse it and road test it, and all that. Then you get to the studio and there is a new guy in the band who calls himself the producer, right? Huh. He either makes it or breaks it usually before nightfall.

I was talking to Jackson Browne on the phone. He said, 'I'm the slowest writer in the world.' I said, 'No, no, no. You're the second slowest. It seems the older you get the slower they come. I wonder if it is like that for everybody?' He said, 'It ain't with Don Henley. He seems to be writing more than ever.'"

Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.