I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring with the Doors that I used as a reference for the book for some details there, and then I was glad I had that, but that was it.

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

In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.

Everybody has their own level of doing their music. ... Mine just happened to resonate over the years, in one way and another, with a significant enough number of people so that I could do it professionally.