I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic.

I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.

I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.

You make decisions, and that's what separates art from some other pop music. It doesn't mean that you can't make an embarrassing amount of money, for a borderline Marxist, doing something that you love, but it does mean that this huge pool of money that was out there when I started making records in the '80s is gone.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.