Lord, Spit On Our Eyes That We

The Invitation For Artists To Compete To See Who Can Be The Most Charitable Is A Wonderful Thing.

The People Who Have Impressed Me Most - And The Closest I've Come To Having Heroes - Are The People Who Have Devoted Their Lives To Making Things Better For Others. These Are People Whose Names You Never Hear, People Who Work For Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, And Other Humanitarian Groups. They're Just Out There In The World, Doing Stuff.

My Overall Responsibility Is To Be Truthful. If People Pay Money To Come And See Me, Looking For Something Other Than That, Then They've Made A Mistake.

My Models For Graceful Aging Are Guys Like John Lee Hooker And Mississippi John Hurt, Who Never Stopped Working Till They Dropped, As I Fully Expect To Be Doing, And Just Getting Better As Musicians And As Human Beings.

I Wanted To Play Rock And Roll When I Started Playing. Nobody At That Time Ever Thought About Songwriting. You Sang Songs, That's All. You Sang Other People's Songs. That's All There Were.