The world don't need any more songs... As a matter of fact, if nobody wrote any songs from this day on, the world ain't gonna suffer for it... There's enough songs for people to listen to, if they want to listen to songs. For every man, woman and child on earth, they could be sent, probably, each of them, a hundred songs, and never be repeated... Unless someone's gonna come along with a pure heart and has something to say. That's a different story.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.

Elvis really died the day he joined the army. That's when they killed him, and the rest was a living death.

Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.

The best songs just come unasked for. You don't have to think about them. Summer is a good time for songs.