To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life.

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

I was in chemical jail.

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.

There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around