American Songwriter takes you behind the music of your favorite artists with our collection of interviews. Find in-depth conversations with some of today’s biggest hitmakers or legendary songwriters who have long ago left their marks on the world. Learn more about the albums and songs that enhance your life from the artists who created them. What inspired the songs? Why do the artists make the choices they do? Find out here.
Canadian Folk and Rock musician Neil Young plays guitar as he performs, with his band, onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, August 15, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 15: Chuck Ainlay attends The Hang with Harman at Sound Stage Studio on November 15, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Beth Gwinn/WireImage)
Bob Dylan performing at the Metrodome, June 26, 1986. Dylan's backing band was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Drummer Stan Lynch plays behind Dylan. Star Tribune photo by staff photographer Regene Radniecki.(Photo By Regene Radniecki/Star Tribune via Getty Images)