The hallmark of an artist is generosity.

When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.

Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.

My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.

The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him wobble, everybody gasps.

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.