Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.

There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.

I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.

It feels great to have a #1 album.

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.