The things that have been most popular with people have always been a total surprise, and so I've never felt like I could really truthfully predict public taste, so why bother?
Sometimes you have to be reminded where you were at the time, and songs are a good vehicle for that. It's so funny how those things are connected with your memory.
Every time I play with a new musician I absorb something, even if it's someone you don't like!
Every musician that comes along teaches me something.
We all have holes inside. We need love.
Love songs are helpful. We've always needed as much love as we could possibly need.
I feel like anytime you write about people in an honest way, you can find connections to any issue you would like.
What's around the corner is always more exciting than the corner that I'm on, unfortunately.
It's nice to play new songs, but it's nerve-wracking.
I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of music all day. I end up listening to more jazz, stuff that I can't really play.
Well, for me, I grew up in the Carolinas, and it's our mythology. Those are the characters that we learn about how to live life and moral lessons. It wasn't Zeus and Athena. It was Job and Jesus.
I like having a big band because it gives you more options. They can always not play and I can do the quiet stuff, but when we want to do the big arrangements, we can.
My day-to-day existence is, honestly, a little boring.
As a writer, there is only so much of your own life you can draw on.
I've learned a lot from being on a major.
I'm not a particularly macabre person.
Anything to shake you out of the normal habits is good.
I'll always err on the side of art for art's sake.
I'm pretty easy going. I can be anyway. I definitely have my moments. You can ask my kids. But I try to be nice.
