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

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

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.

I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.