But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

I do feel blessed to be in the public eye so I can share what I believe. But I think it would be extremely disappointing if I were to count on it to provide happiness. I've come to realize that any time I do that, the fulfillment is short-lived at best.

I'll write records until I'm dead. And then maybe even after that!

There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how I dress, in how I live, in my relationships, in how I navigate paparazzi, how I decorate my home. There's such a continuity between everything that I don't really care what form it shows up in.

The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.