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.

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.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it

What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

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.