My Advice To New Artists Is To

If I Learned To Play Guitar It Was So That I Would Have Something To Sing To, If I Learned To Write A Song It Was So That I Would Have Something To Sing. So The Gut Feeling You're Talking About Comes From Singing And Communicating The Lyrics And What It Is That We Feel.

Wherever Is Your Heart I Call Home.

I Hope That Somewhere In Small Town, U.s.a., A 15-year-old Kid Looks To Me As A Role Model The Way I Looked At The Indigo Girls And Elton John As Role Models.

My Advice To New Artists Is To Embrace A Broader Concept Of Timelessness Than Vintage Or Retro.

I'm Not So Arrogant To Consider Mine The Only Legitimate Art Form. I Can't In One Breath Make A Fuss About Someone Compartmentalizing Music Into Genre And Then In The Next Accuse Advertising And Short Film Of Not Being Art.