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

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.

I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see how it felt to be without words.

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another who is going back to collage and I have two little ones at home.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.