I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've got that Appalachian soul.
It's always difficult to know if a song needs more than piano, and I worry about my tendency to go in a sparse direction.
You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest.
If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.
I'm always happy to blow up any misconceptions that people have about stage school cos everyone thinks it's really nasty there but it's not.
I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.
When Bob Dylan was a beginning fellow, Len Chandler, a black singer-musician who played a 12-string guitar, was a friend of his.
The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more.
I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.
If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.
The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future.
Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief.
The days you work are the best days.
I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside.
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
A puny body weakens the soul.
