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.

I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.

Turn the clock to zero, honey, we're starting up a brand new day.

If manners maketh the man as someone said, then he's the hero of the day.

So just to be truthful to my own sensibility, I need to acknowledge that the season is not all joy and light for a lot of people. It's tough - environmentally, emotionally, spiritually.

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

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.