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"I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary."
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"In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job."

"I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans."

"I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking."

"I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me."

"I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary."

"I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women."

"I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist."
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