I have empathy for the person who is being interviewed and written about with all kinds of misperceptions and misconceptions and flat-out lies. So I feel for them, I feel their pain. I know what that is like.

God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

I like sitting in the dark and watching people far more talented than I'll ever be sing my songs and say my words. It's thrilling.

Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.

I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.