The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore.

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me.

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.