When you’re young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

I don't pretend to be an expert on intellectual property law, but I do know one thing. If a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my walletand check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing's missing.

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.