I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

New Orleans is a unique environment.

Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.

The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.

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.