I'm writing all the time. And as the songs begin to coalesce, I'm not doing anything else but writing. I wish I were one of those people who wrote so….

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening..

When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I write. It's the same process s….

You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs..

Why write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics?.

Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does..

Part of the shabbiness of our culture, if indeed it is shabby, is that it doesn't seem to prepare people. With all the songs about love and all the m….

I think some songs are better on vinyl. I would rather listen to it in a club! 80% of this album; put it on in a club and just rage! Play it super lo….

I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events..

Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an amazing thing. I mean, a painting is, in q….

When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible..

I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to calm yourself down. But when my friend….

I know my fans look up to me and that's why I make my songs so personal; it's all about things I've experienced and things I like or hate. I write fo….

It feels good, you know. It feels like you're out there, you know, doin' your own thing, know what I'm sayin'? It's like, people can't really compare….

When I have no idea what to do with how I'm feeling, I generally make a song out of it..

I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right..

You just do the best you can. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to get worse the more you do it. It can get better, I think... aspects of it,….

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song..

Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs..I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be about.

Meditation is totally different. When you concentrate you close your mind to everything else. Meditation means just an openness, a relaxed openness. ….

There's always gonna be guys who are just wonderful singers and probably shouldn't be writing songs. Then there's always gonna be guys who move up th….