Musician

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.

I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had.

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.

I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.

Where I fit in is confusing to me.

A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.

Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.

Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.

Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.

Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview.

I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up.

I have yet to write that one song that defines my career.

I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.