It doesn't take me long to write songs.
One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.
I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.
If the people dig it, then I dig it. If the people wanna hear it, then I wanna play it.
When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
I was really into punk. I was 11 years old; I had a blue mohican.
I was class president, on the cheerleading squad, in a competitive show choir, and in, like, six different clubs.
I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.
'I'm Sorry' was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings.
We became the songs we wrote.
We've written something like 900 songs in all.
I don't think the people wanna see me play Clyde Johnson the architect.
I have a lot of albums yet to do.
I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.
Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.
There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.
If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?
I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.
Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.
My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.
