Cleveland is the place I grew up and lived much of my adult life, so it will always be a part of my soul.

Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.

I am pretty detached from the local music crowd though.

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product.

People are essentially losing their temper for things that have nothing to do with the act of driving.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

My feeling is that nuclear is a distraction. It stops us doing what we all know we need to do invest urgently in renewables.

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

I have always abhorred the business end of music.

She's the kind of girl who brings you to the moon without you even being aware. The kind of girl you trip on love with. The kind of girl you never forget.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

Nothing you build will ever last without a lot of tender-loving-care (TLC).

Regret is her companion and the one who whispers to her often. She has even let hope die and that brings about despair.

The only good reason to have money is this: so that you can tell any SOB in the world to go to hell.

Because the best gift in life, is just having someone to drink hot chocolate with

Hope begins in the dark.

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.

Give everything and look for no return.