You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back

Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close?

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.

All audiences should be slightly off balance.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.

Milk for infant as liquor for adult.

I'll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I'll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is.

Concerning Social Media and Banding, You don't build permanent structures on a rented land.

Sometimes I feel like I am an old person trapped in a young person's body. I'm boring. I go to movies. I read. That's about it.

When lightning strikes you want to be there, right there in the room. You, not everybody's going to say yes to you. Just don't ever say no to yourself, ever.

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

Bait is made to look SO good you OVERlook the trap. Whether scratched or scarred you ALWAYS get hurt giving in to Temptation.

As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and I've done a lot of work in second unit.

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.