Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.

When I was very, very young, I decided that I was gonna catalogue my times because that's what other people who I admired did. That's what Bob Dylan did, that's what Frank Sinatra did, Hank Williams did, in very different ways.

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.

You can't kill your way to security and you can't lead by scaring people.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.