I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some….

If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much..

There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, 'Velouria'] - 'Sounds like someone's been taking singing lessons'.….

I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere..

It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel..

I've got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They're there for me every time..

People go back to the stuff that doesn't cost a lot of money and the stuff that you don't have to hand money to over and over again. Stuff that you g….

I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds..

There's more to life than listening to rock music..

As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job..

I come from an art history background. I studied at a master's degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life. A lot of my heroes….

I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or….

I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostl….

I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so ca….

You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, ma….

That's the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them. That's more important even then what their backgro….

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates..

It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That's the level where ….

I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you ju….

You think you've made something really great, but there's a reason why it's not resonating the way some previous work did. But it's not that easy to ….

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording….