Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.

When Johnny Cash died, ... I picked up my guitar and got the idea that Bob Dylan was the last man standing, the last of the real gods. It was for Dylan, Cash, Lennon, Elvis that's what I was thinking.

I'm not a clotheshorse or a big shoes guy.

I'm only as successful as the guy that lives down the street from me.

There's not a platinum record hanging in my house anywhere. It doesn't exist here. I'm over it. They're all in the garage, wrapped up in bubblewrap.