I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.

If I was concerned about my legacy, there’s no way I would ever sit there [and be a reality-show judge]. Once your career becomes about some¬thing other than the music, then that’s what it is. I’ll never make that mistake.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

I'm not a guy who can go in and go, "Hey, are we doing right or wrong?" I just do it. And whatever it is, it is.

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.