That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.

The Super Bowl is Americana at its most kitsch and fun.

Money's only important when you don't have any.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.