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

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

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.

Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back on the ground, and maybe you'll live to tell the story.

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