My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.

I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.

I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was.

As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.

Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.