I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it.

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

There's a lot more information at hand and sometimes there's information overload and we become desensitized to it, so things start to mean less.

I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone.

Songs are like myths. Myths are useful because they allow you to cast yourself and your life and your own experience. And for some people, 'Fire and Rain' speaks to them in that way.