The song I wish I’d writtenKris Kristofferson – ‘Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down’“He’s such a humanist. I made a CD of his 50 greatest hits for a friend, I call it the Kris Kollection. If you listen to the whole thing on a big car trip, it’s...

The song that reminds me of auditioningElvis Costello – ‘(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes’I took Elvis Costello’s ‘My Aim Is True’ to my audition for Dead Poets Society, and I was cranking it while waiting for my screen test. When I...

The song I can no longer listen toPrince – ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’“You know what makes me just a little too sad? This does. I don’t want to talk about it – if I wanted to feel it I could just listen to the song.”

The song I do at karaokeGuns N’ Roses – ‘November Rain’“I really like to do this because it’s really, really long and makes everyone really uncomfortable. Am I good? No, I’m terrible.”

The song I can’t get out of my headEvan Dando – ‘Hard Drive’“Once you start singing that one you can’t sing anything else!”

The song I want played at my funeralBruce Springsteen – ‘Hungry Heart’“I want my daughter to sing that at my funeral. I just like that line, ‘Like a river that don’t know where it’s flowing / I took a wrong turn and I just kept going’.”

The song that makes me want to danceThe Jackson 5 – ‘I Want You Back’“It’s impossible not to dance to that song. I also remember my eighth grade dance – I was dancing with a young woman named Heather Sterns and she was really beautiful....

The first song I remember hearingHank Williams – ‘Jambalaya (On The Bayou)’“That’s an interesting question. My father really loved Hank Williams and he used to play ‘Cold, Cold Heart’, ‘Jambalaya’ ‘Kaw-Liga’. I remember being about five. I...

The first song I fell in love withWillie Nelson – ‘Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain’“It’s from Willie Nelson’s ‘Red Headed Stranger’. That whole album is like a country opera – it’s the country music equivalent to The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’s...