The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our…

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Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about...

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...

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

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...

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you...

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you...

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer...

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer...

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...

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

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

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.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If...

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If...

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if...

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if...

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing...

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing...

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

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.

My mother insisted that her children read.

My mother insisted that her children read.

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...

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still...

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still...

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't...

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't...

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...