I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.

What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

I just feel like the songs that come out are the songs that come.

We are all very lucky to live in a world where there is this much music.

Even if my songs are a bit low-spirited, they make me happy. I become happy when I hear sad songs. When you sing about sad things in a beautiful way, the atmosphere turns upside down

You are free. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Let this music in, and you will see that this is true