There have been people I've warmed to over the years but, as the situation I'm in is so fleeting and transient, I've always known it's going to be over kind of real quick.

I'm not a sad old hippie - I'm a joyous old hippie.

Old men do it better. We're not so sensitive in certain areas.

It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.

There's not a lot of towns that I can go to and take family - too many incongruous knocks on doors - "Hello, honey. Have you missed me?"

Life is life. You do a lot of different things and you have great adventures but there's not a lot to talk about unless you're in the middle of an adventure at the time. Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.