I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.

The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

At the audition, your assignment is to find something new in the song. Something you've never noticed before. A breath carried over, a thought that ties the whole thing together. Then take the risk and do it.

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically.

It's been my belief that learning how to do something in your hometown is the most important thing.

I’ve found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.

A song is like a picture of a bird in flight; the bird was moving before the picture was taken, and no doubt continued after.