I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.

Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.

I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.

I remember back in 1994 when the Eagles charged more than $100 for tickets. They said, 'We ain't Pearl Jam.' That's back when records were selling and the Eagles had sold just about as many as anyone on the planet. And years later we're still charging less than them.

I was living on the wrong side of the tracks in Evanston, Illinois, in a home for boys. We had these Jackson 5 records. I really related to their voices - they were about my age, but they were doing it.

I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.

Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot.