My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights.

I met a girl and we ran away, I swore I'd make her happy every day. And how I made her cry, two faces have I.

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.

I always write with an audience in mind. If I feel that [connection] coming back at me then I feel like I'm doing my job. That's why people come to my music - for some emotional experience or a perspective, either on their own lives, or on the world that they're living in.

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.

Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now.

At the end of every hard day, people find some reason to believe.