All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life. Very sweet and very innocent. I think the theme of the album probably was just that it was our first record. ... Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing.

Vanity is the most dangerous thing about fame.

Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual gain for reflecting on both phases of my life, and although I consider the here and now perhaps to be more important, there are still many people who appreciate my past ephemeral stages and the lessons they represent.

Baby I know, the first cut is the deepest.

I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss.

It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.