At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.

I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway.

I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.

I think I've gotten everything I want out of the last years, and I still feel like I have a lot of options open to me.

The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.

Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.

People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let them, steal your heart.