We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free.

You don't want to OD on improvisation.

Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong.

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world.