No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a lot of time getting' to the point. You're saying it with as pure a word or phrase as you can. That's the part that was craft. You refine and refine and refine. Maybe that's why the songs still hang on, because they're very pure. For one thing, they're very short. "Bad Moon Rising" is like 2 minutes and 12 seconds. I would try to do everything as quickly and with as little extra as possible. It was a challenge.

I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.

Four guys from England took us all by the hand.

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.