The music takes on all different jobs and hopefully is part of telling the story. Each song has to be a story unto itself. It's a very different set ….

Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs..

You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God..

Yes, we'll have to put a stop to this bookworming. No future in that..

The story behind every song is individual to itself..

That which comes slow comes solid..

If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainb….

I've got a song on One Direction's album called 'Tell Me A Lie'. It's a really cute song - I love it. I loved that they liked it. They sound really g….

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you reac….

I didn't really feel any pressure when I've made records, I haven't as yet anyway. I feel when I'm making a record that I'm so excited about making n….

The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're constantly on….

I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something ….

It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him..

I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a….

As an artist it's exciting to know that you've made someone's life decision after them listening to your song. To get married or un-married, when you….

Every song I've written, it's about what I've gone through, good or bad. It kind of comes out of me, and I'm grateful for that. I've got friends who ….

I heard the Bloc Party record Japan before it came out in the UK as they are on the V2 record label. I think it has a great vibe and has great songs.….

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and ….

Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing a gospel song?.

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you u….

Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not just zone it out..