I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

Maybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we don't really know.

Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.

If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist.