Music should be truthful and real, but it should also be healing and uplifting.
I've been traveling around to play music since before I even had a driver's license.
I'm still trying to make it. I'm still trying to get this over and do it and hopefully leave some kind of a mark on the course of American music, particularly in the tradition of what you might call the singer-songwriter.
If something doesn't work, you have to admit it. Always try to find what's going right and what's going wrong with your music. If you can, pool your resources and record yourself; do that frequently.
Rodgers was incredibly heroic, ... I wanted people to discover his music and also to know more about him.