Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s. |
When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire. |
When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting. |
The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished. |
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience. |
I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business. |
People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player. |
The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something. |
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do. |
I got to learn to surf. |
I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled. |
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. |
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got. |
That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. |
I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies. |
I think everyone became sick of Sheryl Crow. I actually became sick of Sheryl Crow. |
Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault. |
There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world. |
I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery. |