When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.

You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more. I'm really glad to be here.

You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change.

If you don't run, you rust.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach.

If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.