I followed all life's pleasures wherever they would lead, but someone I can treasure is all I really need.

I've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that reflect my real feelings about things and so that what I've been writing about.

You're alive, you might as well be glad.

Songs are so all-encompassing; they're the joys and sorrows and pacing of life.

I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game.

I got worries by the ton, getting cancer's only one. Over taxed and alimonied, tired of eating fried baloney.

My voice is unadorned. I don't try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don't fix them. That's the way it is.