Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle of the night. And I thought, jeez, I'll never forget that. And went back to sleep, and it was gone. You'll hear something years later that another songwriter that you respect writes, and you go, jeez, I think that was the remnants of that song that got sent to me.

You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong.

Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won.

I guess if you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style.

Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.

Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for.

Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't.