What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work.

I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.

America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace.

You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The Beatles, the British sound, the Motown sounds, that kind of light country - it was a welcome relief after a few hard rock records. Everyone was sharing the airwaves, and I think it was a beautiful time for American music.

Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong.

I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again...

Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.