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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My mother insisted that her children read.

My mother insisted that her children read.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That...

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That...

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...

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 sell escapism.

I sell escapism.

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.

Why dont we get drunk and screw?

Why dont we get drunk and screw?

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

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...

Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take...

Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take...

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a...

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a...

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

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.