A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't.

When the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby, it helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky.

We've got blue light, we've got all this light flooding our bedrooms and things blinking, and you can't get a decent night's sleep.

I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and went into the '50s. It was the period of the great American standard song.

Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.

In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.

I've got this weird body chemistry that I don't like to get high. I'm not going to say I never tried drugs. I tried most everything. I didn't try injectables. But I didn't like it.