My mom said, "What I want is a happy kid, not a rich kid. That's what I root for." She saw how much joy I got from playing music, and those years were leaner than lean!

Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.

I don't want to impress somebody, I want to move somebody. Say the most with the least.

My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

It's so much more interesting when you're human. I hate making mistakes, but I'm not afraid of 'em.

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.