The hallmark of an artist is generosity.

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

If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.

Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but a guitar and conquers the world. And we've done that again, and again, and again – Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Rogers, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.