My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.

Sometimes people forget their own greatness.

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.

The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when I'm replaying an event through a song.

I get my most creative energy after a show, so I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. I generally do it in a rush. I have to get it out, otherwise I can't sleep.

EVERYTHING is love, so the only thing that's not love is our resistance to love, is us trying to be separate from the world.