More than any audience in the world, Americans will cross their arms, stare at you and say, 'OK, whaddya got?' - no matter how many times you've proven it to them.

It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play.

I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.

I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.

There's a lot of UFO sightings in New Orleans, which isn't really too surprising. There's a lotta crazy people there. The people there lack the intelligence to know what they are seeing, so that's why the UFO's go there.

We've turned into a whining society.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.