We are creating a culture where content creators are a new servant class, and paid as such.

I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and disturbing. So I listened to a lot of classical music. I didn't really want to read, either, so I listened to books on tape or watched movies. I also re-taught myself all of my childhood piano pieces. It helped me repair my brain.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

Southern gentility is evocative to me.

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

Being in Vietnam changed him [Johnny Cash] fundamentally. He was devastated when we went into Iraq.

The religion I have is music. Even the times I have headaches, when I'm singing, I can't feel them. My dad used to say that, too, especially near the end of his life. He would be in pain - a lot of pain - and he said the only time when he didn't feel pain was when he performed and sang.