So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things…

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Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want...

Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want...

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own...

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own...

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and...

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and...

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself,...

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself,...

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what...

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says...

I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says...

The high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the...

The high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the...

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to...

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to...

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra...

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra...

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things,...

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things,...

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you,...

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you,...

These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you...

These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you...

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying...

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying...

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the...

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the...

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me...

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me...

Talk about celestial bodies.

Talk about celestial bodies.

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when...

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when...

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call...

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call...