Somebody's sexual preference is, like, who cares?

There's a band of studio session - hot players - that play on my albums... They're an eclectic bunch of misfits that I've worked with for years and years.

There's some nights I can't remember with friends I can't forget.

Things use to be real nice, til they got out of hand. Since they moved in, they call themselves the Taliban.

I don't give a bleep if gays get married. That's just a contract, and that's between them and God. That ain't up to me to play God on that.

... I like the clubs because ... we have two or three acoustic guitars up there and we're not hard-core slamming or stomping through the music. We're singing it with intricate harmonies and really showing the craftsmanship.

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.