You have to be really good to get away with smashing a guitar.

I don't know what it is about the shower that generates creative thoughts. Maybe it's the hot water. Maybe it's being unencumbered even by the restriction of clothing.

Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.

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 don't know where creativity comes from, but I think everybody has the ability to be creative. I think what's important about creativity starts when you're very young and how we're allowed to experience our imagination. The people who bring us up and teach us are fundamental in either encouraging creativity or discourging creativity. My imagination was always encouraged.

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 important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.