You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.