When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.

People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.

I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down.

The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.

I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'