In the beginning, there was a kind of energy that - like an urgency to express myself, and the songs just couldn't be held in. But I think it changes, the nature of how that - what that energy is. And I need to court the muse in a much more serious way.

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

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

I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.

You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese.

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.