To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively-and there were a lot of choices-writing songs was king.

I'm allowing myself every opportunity, every tool that every other artist should allow themselves to use. If anybody expects me to not use certain language or certain words, like I have some kind of penalty restriction, it's completely unrealistic.

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively... writing songs was king.

Music is something I really have a need to do - I don't seem to be able to stop

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

Bob Dylan led me to this kind of music - and it's his and ours. And it's nobody else's.