One night, Don Henley called, and I told him, 'I'm washing dishes and bike shorts.' He said, 'It's in the domestic exercises of life that one will find the biggest inspiration.' And he was right.

I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.

However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it.

Now that I'm in my 40s, it's much easier to be an artist. It's good knowing that I'm not in the game to be competing with really young groups of kids on the radio. Or to, you know, make 'beat' music.

I've got no one to blame for every time I feel lame.

We used to sing along to Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald records together. She had the most amazing voice ... She's always encouraged me, and she's still that person who, when things look dire, lifts me up and reminds me of who I am and that we all have a capacity for greatness.

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.