Anybody who wants to learn everything is pretty stupid. You learn what you can.

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or pen and can write it down.

I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up.

Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.

There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story. A story of people struggling for freedom, struggling to get along in this old world.

Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business.