"Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener."

"Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song."

"I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult."

"Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!"