The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

You don't have to be super clean to be a super star

If you really look at my lyrics, nobody's exempt. Nobody's exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.

I'm always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who's just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

Success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters. What's important is whether or not people feel like they wasted their time or money when they pay for a movie or a CD.