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 have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.
When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.
I try to conduct my life with a little levity.
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!
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.
You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.
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.
I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.
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.
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 can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.
A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.
I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had.
I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.
Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.
I got to learn to surf.
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.
