Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same.
I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.
I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
There's a lot of craft in songwriting. The divine inspiration is when the idea comes. It may be a riff. It may be a word. It may be a phrase. It may be a title. Sometimes, in the best of both worlds, that divine inspiration extends through the whole song. I've literally sat down and written a song from beginning to end, almost complete lyrics and everything without ever stopping. . . in two minutes. The chorus of 'She's Gone' was like that.
The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.
As a writer, I've always been interested in others.
Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.
I got married because it was the right time and the right thing to do.