I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.

I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep.

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

I would go to heaven, if I believed in heaven.

And we laughed, at the world. They can have their diamonds, And we'll have our pearls

I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.

My mom wore the pants in the family, for sure. I always say, that I spent my childhood trying to get the love and attention of my mom, and now I can't get rid of it.

I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me, because I am totally appreciative and I like my fans!

I am doomed or fortunate to stick to what I do best.

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.

You will choose your path, or perhaps it will choose you.

Everything I hated about L.A. I'm beginning to crave. L.A. is a place where you live behind a gate, you get in a car, your interaction with the public is minimal. I used to hate that.

Relief is a short-lived emotion, passive and thin. The agony of doubt disappears, leaving little memory of how it really felt. Life aligns behind the new truth.

There's a lot of difference between being well known and being notorious and the black paintings didn't make me well known - they made me notorious.

I am attracted to fantastic writing, and fantastic reading, of course. But I think things that we call fantastic may be real, in the sense of being real symbols.

Better to get up late and be wide awake then, than to get up early and be asleep all day.

I know nothing at all about music.

When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it.

I like the challenge of doing things you know that you maybe shouldn't do.