Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.

Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently and there are songs that are like scared birds that you have to sneak up on over the course of months in the woods.

There's a beauty of show business. It's the only business you can have a career in when you're dead.

Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

I don't like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, 'Oh God, another one bites the dust.'