Music is a kind of magical thing, and you can't make magic every time, but you try. Every once in a while it has that magic, and the audience knows that. I probably miss it more than I hit it, but I think that's what all musicians try for.

When Eric Clapton cut 'After Midnight,' he sold so many records and it was so big at the time, I decided that I would pursue the songwriting thing. I was 34 years old at that time. I'd been down the pike and back before I had any success at all.

You don't really need a lot of hype and to be famous to sell songs.

I love the rabbits and the squirrels and the birds.

People said my records were 'funky' and 'muddy,' but the truth is they were just demos.

I'd like to have the fortune, but I don't care too much about the fame.

I'm a background person.

On the 'Escondido' album, I think it took us a month to make that album.

I basically make my living writing songs, so I've been able to go around in my trailer. If I got tired of a place, I could move on and roam around. It's a nice environment for writing songs, as opposed to sitting at a recording studio console all day.