Having A Child At 55... That's Optimism.

Funerals Are A Pagan Rite. There's Not Any Doubt About It.

If There Is Such A Thing As A Workaholic, I'm It, And That's What Passes For Leisure.

By The Time I Wrote Those First Three Songs For His New Cd ... I Wanted To Push The Poetics As Hard As I Could Push Them, And Not Decide The Songs Were Finished Until I Committed Them To Whatever The Recording Format Was. I Went Through Drafts Right Up Until I Recorded Every Single One Of Them.

At Home, I'm Lucky If I Can Write Three Or Four Hours Before The Phone Starts Ringing And The Kids Want To Go To Soccer.

Every Leap Forward That I Make Is By Reaching Back And Firmly Getting A Footing In The Past, And Pushing Forward As Hard As I Can.