The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he'll steal your heart and sail away.

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.

you dont know what you got till its gone

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana.

Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.

Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time.