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

I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that song be the kind I would want to record. The songs of mine that I end up liking are songs that come from real experience. They're like chapter titles in my life.

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.

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.

There's no bad luck, There's just the luck you've found.

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