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.

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

People hate good books to be over. I wish I could write a 700-page book.

Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I still have an audience of a certain size. I think it's one of the things I'm luckiest.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.

I don't usually read reviews.