“All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.”

Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.

Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.

I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.

There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.

Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.

So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.

Who am I to blow against the wind?

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

These are the days of miracle and wonder.

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.

If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.

The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.

The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.

You can use the fun of the genre, but I also really wanted to come at it from the point of view of some really complex characterization.

Point the ball on all long shots.

The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.