You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

Some people find it's easier to hate.

I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them.

You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.

Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!