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.

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say.

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

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.

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If youre not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, youre kind of stuck.

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.

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