Men find it more difficult than women to be alone. They function better with someone in their lives. Being married, they are rooted, so they feel safe to go and do what they want to do.

Musicians always have music in their heads about their perceptions of the world.

I just don't want to be the little wife sitting at home. I want to do something worthwhile.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.

In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

As a child I wanted to become an architect.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.

Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations.

I suppose I was waiting until I was old enough to have some sort of experience to sing about. When you're young, it's hard to sing the blues. Nobody believes you.

So the deeper stages of sleep are really those times of quiescence, you're really restoring your body and we have a few different stages of sleep.

My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do.