I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left.

[If] I'm talking about something, that doesn't mean I'm necessarily doing it.

You can wave your signs in protest against America taking stands. The stands America's taken are the reason that you can.

I'm one of those people that thinks things happen for a reason, and you just have to look for the reason.

The truth is, however rich people get, they hate paying tax. Some live abroad for a year, or years at a time just to avoid it. Bizarre really - desperate economic migrants are driven to leave their homeland because of poverty; tax exiles are driven overseas by their wealth.

I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important information through other websites. I also use it for creating MP3 files of new music I'm working on.

I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you.