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.

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.

Fortunately, I've never had a job

I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.

I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.

She was ugly from the front, and I said ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. Well, I could handle it behind her.

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!