My mother insisted that her children read.
There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.
It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal.
Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
We are the people our parents warned us about.
These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.
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 time and the spotlight was out.
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
Quitting doesn't enter my mind.
Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy.
Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.
People who think too much before they act don't act too much.
Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.