I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

In the tradition of the classic songwriter rooms like The Bluebird in Nashville, Strange Brew is a gift to the music community in Austin, for artists and audiences alike

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down.

The hurt of a love that is lost has no cure but the love of another heart.

Love is the light that can shine so bright.

Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.

We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.

Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser.

There are times when you devote yourself to a higher cause than personal safety.

[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture -- in front of us -- our own little mirage that we think is the future.

Itd be cool to carry on doing films, but when I was a kid I wanted to be an ice cream man.

If you do not change, you can become extinct !