Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people.

To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it's big and at times it's small, but that's beyond my control.

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.

Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people.

[Sunbathing nude] was a liberating experience. It felt unbelievably crazy to take off all my clothes and play in the sun. I've not had that much fun in so long.

I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45.