Mr. Bear, you know in the eyes of the Lord, we're both beasts.

I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song.

One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.

I slowly surrender to the child in me who can't say goodbye.

[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left to fix, but you've just got to go, "O.K., everybody get on the boat. We're going, ready or not."

I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.