The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

Ninety-nine percent of singing is listening and hearing, and so then 1 percent of it is singing.

Someone once asked me why people sing. I answered that they sing for many of the same reasons the birds sing. They sing for a mate, to claim their territory, or simply to give voice to the delight of being alive in the midst of a beautiful day. Perhaps more than the birds do, humans hold a grudge. They sing to complain of how grievously they have been wronged, and how to avoid it in the future. They sing to help themselves execute a job of work. They sing so the subsequent generations won’t forget what the current generation endured, or dreamed, or delighted in.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.