There's very few things that tear me up and get me, but kids, especially terminally ill kids or kids with diseases... gets me every time.
I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference.
Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.
I'm definitely one of those chicks who want to be in a relationship. I need somebody who can make me laugh and entertain me.
I couldn't be in a relationship and behave like somebody else or pretend I felt something I didn't feel. And that includes saying things I thought might jeopardize the relationship.
When it comes to 'Glee,' I feel like I've been in a relationship, and now I can mingle a bit.
Sometimes you can forget about who you are in a relationship. But you can also be inspired by the person you are with to become something you always knew you wanted to become.
I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums.
When I do fall in love, I'll go to the ends of the earth for that person. I'd lay down on a carpet of nails for the person I love.
I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.
I love being a troubadour. I travel around the world with my wife and play little theaters. We have a ball.
I love being on the sea and the rolling of the ship, and for me, it's not really happening until we get a little wave action going, I love that feeling.
I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.
In France, I discovered that I love writing in the city. There's such an intensity to being in the city that matches the intensity of what you're experiencing in your head.
I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.
What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.
My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.
And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.
