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

I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.

The hallmark of an artist is generosity.

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.

You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.

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

It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.