I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song.

I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do.

The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.

I met a redneck on a Grecian isle who did the Goat Dance very well.

They won't give peace a chance, that's just a dream some of us had

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.