I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.

Oh these little rejections how they add up quickly, one small sideways look and I feel so ungood. Somewhere along the way I think I gave you the power to make me feel the way I thought only my father could.

The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing.

If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different from some people's that I've worked with. But it's okay to work equally passionately for two different reasons.

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.

It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.