I get an audience personally involved in a song - because I'm involved myself. It's not something I do deliberately: I can't help myself. If the song is a lament at the loss of love, I get an ache in my gut. I feel the loss myself and I cry out the loneliness, the hurt and the pain that I feel.

The best revenge is massive success.

Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are

If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at Harvard.

I am a thing of beauty.

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

A simple I love you means more than money.