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.

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

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.

You have been gifted with mental faculties to improve any circumstance around you.

May we help more than we hurt, may we seek to understand more than be understood and may we love more than we judge.

I carry a golf ball to put under my feet when they get tight, and a Thera-Band for general stretching.

The world ... is full of people who never knew what hit 'em, their lives are over before they wake up.

I like to dress up every day, so I think fashion is an everyday process.

I wasn't a social butterfly at all.

The very idea that a child that is almost born into the world could still have their life taken from them is just anathema to me, and I can't conscious about a party that supports that.

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.

I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special.