I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing.

I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show.It's the most level commentary you can find.You have to laugh, because it's all so true.It's the closest thing to a counterculture.

I do the best I can with any instrument I get attracted to. But they're just tools in order for you to express yourself and that's really the upshot of it.

I keep healthy and I'm always very active and always have been so. I don't really see any signs of aging yet. Music keeps you young.

I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

Everybody I know in England was raised on Mose Allison.

I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.

Complacency kills. Paranoia is the reason I’m still alive.

Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

Liberty for all; chains for none.

You might as well be perfect. There is really not all that much else to do here that is exciting.

As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

It's HE-RO," the boy argued. "No," the girl insisted, "it's HER-O.

A good businessman sees where others don't see.

I've seen the slip a few times. I don't have to watch something like that to go through the pain again and again and again.