Wealth and fame can only be so important in the face of musical magic

After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.

There is a great correlation between music and images.

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No.

Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can show you; and sometimes it's terrifying, and sometimes it's incredibly beautiful, and I'll take both. Thanks.

If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms.