The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!

Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

Trust in the process of life.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.

I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again.

I’d rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

I used to think business was 50 percent having the right people. Now I think it's 80 percent.

Instagramming photos of food isn't sexy.

Blest be the art that can immortalize.