When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.

The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.

Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles