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

The loss of Jerry Garcia feels like the end of an era in the same way it felt when Elvis died and John Lennon was killed.

It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?

My favorite Aggie joke? I'm sorry I don't understand the question

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.

I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great.

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.