I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?

I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.

You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.

Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.