I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living

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.

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.

Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it's too sweet, it's bound to be hiding something.

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.

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.