The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world.

Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom?

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy.

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there.

Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift.

I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store.

The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again.

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.

An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.

There's no escalators - there's only staircases to success. There is no substitute for hard work.

I never felt I could be a complete professional without having won the British Open. It was something you had to do to complete your career.

Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

We can't spy on them if they aren't spying on us, now can we?" Warped logic, but okay.

I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible.

You don't become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.

You have 1 billion people using the Internet with 200 million of those now using broadband internet connections, so the Internet has become a powerful network. It can carry calls.

We live but for a short time, we see but very little, and we know almost nothing; so, at least, let's do some dreaming. Have yourself a very good Sunday, my dear readers.