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I have a great family, I live an amazing life.

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.

My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.

Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity.

The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off. It was ritualistic in a way.

The world has accelerated to the point that, as far as the album as a form, I don't know if it's going to last that much longer.

I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.

I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

Young people go to concerts.

I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed.

There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.

I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop.

The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.

I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines.

If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.

If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.

Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.