I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that I was gonna be when I grew up and I imagined all of these amazing journeys and amazing people Id meet. Of course, all of it has kind of come to fruition.

My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.

What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs.

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

I'm not an actor, and I'll never call myself an actor. I've never thought of it as part of my life. I'll always be a singer, in my eyes.

I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.