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

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.

It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.

There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.

I've always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldn't look so bad, huh? Well, OK you're a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head.

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.