I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.

Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished.

The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire.

When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.

Where I fit in is confusing to me.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.