I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for people, and ride bikes. I love my family. I love my home. I get to work with people I've admired my whole life. It's a pretty good life.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just hope that, when somebody hears one of my songs, they'll want to hear it again.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.

It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.

It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then.