The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.
I'm a cowboy. I wear a hat. I drive a 4x4 Silverado diesel truck. I've got a farm.
I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would like to get.
I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before.
As for my voice, it cannot be categorised - and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo or spinto range.
I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me.
When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months.
Reading is a time machine that allows you to acquire wisdom from the past and to analyze and imagine another person’s vision of the future.
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky you can see the stars and still not see the light.
'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.
I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy. I wrote about everyday stuff.
Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!
I find it hard to imagine how someone listens to my stuff, or views what I do, or me, or anything.
There's nothing more special than talking in your community, and using your celebrity to uplift people and help them.
I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.
People do get ridiculed for liking us or because they look the way they do and they're a part of what we do.
I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.
You succeed and accomplish and accomplish; the problem is when you stop, you become depressed because you could never do enough.
Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or songwriters or producers.
