When the muse hits me, or the mood, or whatever it is, I get my guitar out and I empty it out. I just start going through things to see what's going to happen.

I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.