Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: June 17, 1943
I couldn't bear the road anymore. I'm sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting….
Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible..
Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed..
The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you've got to reall….
For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums..
I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi dri….
I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven ….
We've made mistakes, But we've made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can't come….
I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpr….
You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines..
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties..
I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude..
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life..
Sneakers are not my thing..
I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. Tha….
I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble..
Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full o….
What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of so….
The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes..
You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently..
I love any opportunity I have to make music..