Elvis up in Michigan and maybe out in Mars.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

I'm living on things that excite me, be they pastry, or lobster, or love...

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

Be good, and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free. Live a lie and you will live to regret it, that's what living is to me.

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.