I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade.

If I'm jetlagging, and I've missed some meals, and it gets to that point in a movie that you're supposed to cry, I'll let my defences down from around my inherent standing level of cynicism, and I'll cry.

Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often.

Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet.

One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism.

When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.