 The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that. |
| I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more. |
| I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler. |
| 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. |
| No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere. |
| Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people. |
| The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own. |
| I try to conduct my life with a little levity. |
| I don't really cringe over any of my albums. |
| 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. |
| I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger. |
| Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life. |
| It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up. |
| I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market. |
| 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! |
| 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. |
| I have yet to write that one song that defines my career. |
| I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had. |
| You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do. |
