One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain.
Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young.
This digital world is completely fascinating to me.
There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling.
I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.
We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to.
I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.
Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately.
Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.
I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long.
I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years.
After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.
We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing.
Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.
There is a great correlation between music and images.
I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.
I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally.
People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately.
If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.
