My career was about to change radically, in turning 50 I had hit the age where my Dad made a big career and his life started to unravel.

My resistance to communication work is because of 15 years with my former wife where we did all this work, but we never got to the core of anything.

Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits.

It's interesting to see how acoustic guitars are emerging as a primary instrument once again ... reminds me very much of what Jim Messina and I were doing back then. You can't get too far away from an acoustic guitar

Shaking the past, making my break, taking control, that's what it takes.

It's difficult to get an audience to want to keep up with you, stay present tense. But there's never been a big lag in my career between product. I've constantly tried to pull my audience up into what I'm doing present tense, and they've been usually happy to go there with me.

For once in your life, here's your miracle, stand up and fight.