You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand.

It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable. ... Make up new names for them. Instead of a bridge, you can call it a highway, or an overpass. ... Music should never be harmless. ... I remember from my earliest years, people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a way that was different in Indian country than it was other places. And I was really struck by this and obviously very affected by it, because it's always come out in my songs.

I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.

Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel.

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason.