I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.

Having a child at 55... that's optimism.

He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s.

My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.

I still write more songs about girls than anything else.

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything.