Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at the End of a Rainbow. So we had a c….

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate..

Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back..

Most people don't listen to classical music at all, but to rock-and-roll or hillbilly songs or some album named Music To Listen To Music By..

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it..

For every good song, I write 20 bad ones I have to chuck away..

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective.

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the ne….

A song to me is a very tangible thing. I can feel it with my hands and see it with my eyes..

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song..

I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things,….

I am a person that believes in different emotions with music. Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to….

I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had no reason to want to copy anyb….

No matter how long you play rock n roll songs might change just as the balls are there, the rock balls. And that's what's important to us..

All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll..

I was married at the time when I first joined the band and my wife said: 'Why don't you write a song about me ?' So I wrote 'She's got balls'. Then s….

When I was 14, I tried to stab someone..

Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell..

When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people..

Well, you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind. You don't pull on the mask of old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Ji….

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?.