There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?
Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.
I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it.
I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.
Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you.
I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.
Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.
I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.
I can't start my day without hearing 'Waiting On the World to Change' by John Mayer. It's my alarm clock and my favorite song.
There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
I've always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.
You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a song.
It's arguable whether a hit song is gonna add to the business a film does. There are plenty of films that didn't do any business and sold a million albums.
Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.
Nirvana is next level. The songs are really cool to connect with on a more mature level, and I don't think I really understood that when I was 15.
When I'm not touring, I sing at home, either at the piano or I'll pick up my guitar, singing old Buck Owens songs.
I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.
Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.
