By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band.

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about.

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

Timing is everything.

When it stops being fun, stop.

When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards – any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.

I don’t write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.