I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.
You kind of hope as a musician that you get some recognition for what you do, and when you do, it's nice. It's a really good feeling.
You've gotta dive into the abyss if you wanna get anything good. Every record, you've gotta go down in the abyss and hope that you come out of it alive.
That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.
It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. If everyone was straight-laced and uptight, it would sure be a drag. We need a little tug of war in society.
I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning.
I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.
I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.
In my better sense of mind, I know that I'm far from alone and far from the worst, and the earth keeps spinning. Everything keeps moving, with or without me.
I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party.
To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that.
Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.
I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.
As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.
