It can never be again! Everyone always talks about a good thing coming to an end, as if life was over. But I'll be 40 when this interview comes out. Paul is 38. Elton John, Bob Dylan - we're all relatively young people. The game isn't over yet. Everyone talks in terms of the last record or the last Beatle concert - but, God willing, there are another 40 years of productivity to go.

When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I'd wastemy life and be a poet. They were right.

Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride.

We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill.

I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

I think honestly, some people who think they're gay, they're confused.