But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.

You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

I always look terrible before the show. That's when I feel worst. And after the show it's like a million bucks. Simple as that. You feel a little tired but you never feel better. Nothing makes me feel as good as those hours between when you walk offstage, until I go to bed. That's the hours that I live for.

To say I'll make your dreams come true would be wrong, but maybe, darling, I could help them along.