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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.

I was a storyteller for The Band. It was never, 'Hey guys, here's a song about what happened to me.' I was always more comfortable writing fiction.

I actually cried during 'Titanic'. It was one of the few movies I've seen in the theater multiple times.

The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then.

I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing.

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.

I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically.

The song 'Can't Look Back Now' by the Weepies reminds me of the entire 'Life Unexpected' experience.

Recently, I was preparing to sing Springsteen's 'If I Should Fall Behind' for a wedding and was unable to get through it without tears. My wife handed me 'Love You Forever.' I read it. I cried. But that cry somehow cured me of crying while singing the song. Go figure.

I always did go against the singer-songwriter form. I think I've always had a lot of storytelling songs.