I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles.
I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until something comes out that you're actually satisfied with.
As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and get down to work. Play your songs, play them well, earn your money, and don't get in people's way.
We saw too much beauty to be cynical, felt too much joy to be dismissive, climbed too many mountains to be quitters, kissed too many girls to be deceivers, saw too many sunrises not to be believers, broke too many strings to be pro's and gave too much love to be concerned where it goes.
A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.
Our imagination it is our greatest ally. . . Imagination is a very, very powerful thing. It literally invents the path before you.
If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.
I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
If you can't beat them (Packers), You might as well join them
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.