Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

I think that it's a natural thing for parents to look for reflections of themselves in their children and feel a certain pride there. So if your child is very, very different, or perhaps if he's very, very similar, it makes you uncomfortable.

Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that's where the fun is.

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true? Or is it something worse?

I was looking for some way to put my music to some service on a nightly basis. You go into a town, you play a little music, you leave something behind. That idea connected us to the local community. It was a very simple idea, but it really resonated with me.

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

Mental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that.