In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.

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.

Performing is one of the best feelings I know!

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

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

I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life.

The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.