When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.