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" I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country. "

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" I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started. "

" I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and at the same time you want to do something that's personally original and hopefully somewhat unique. "

" When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember. "

" Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies. "

" I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs. "

" I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people. "

" The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money. "

" I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.' "

" Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened. "

" I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach. "

" The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers. "

" When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed. "

" I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school. "

" My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person. "

" Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment. "

" Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music. "

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" We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. "

" To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. "

" My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. "

" If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same. "

" I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. "

" If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. "

" I have a great family, I live an amazing life. "

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" If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager. "