I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.

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

Believe it or not, people went so far as to suggest that I might not be able to write songs anymore because now I am married. I tried to explain again that there are other things to write about besides boy meets girl, girl meets boy, boy breaks up with girl, girl is sad.

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?