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I'm younger than Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen, but I'm still getting up there in age.

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

I see my life flashing before me when I see people in the audience singing along to something I wrote in the '80s, and they're maybe standing next to someone who knows the more recent stuff.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites.

I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones that you sing when you're driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.

I have a lot of musician friends. I worked in radio as a music director, and I know everybody hears about the George Straits and the Garth Brooks and the Kenny Chesneys and all that, but for every major star, there are thousands who didn't quite make it.