Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

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If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more...

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more...

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just...

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just...

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at...

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at...

I sell escapism.

I sell escapism.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Why dont we get drunk and screw?

Why dont we get drunk and screw?

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals...

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals...

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.