"I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop."

"I wish I had a great relationship with my mother."

"I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?"

"I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver."

"I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows."

"I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make."

"I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young."

"I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids."

"I've saved every dime I've made in my life."

"I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human."

"All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people."