And all I really want to say is you're the reason I want to stay.

If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don't do that, I've hamstrung the melody.

White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

Im really good at writing almost hits.

I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

I divorce myself from listeners who aren't tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it's all right, and then they go out.