Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.

I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice and you can break through, even without a record company.