I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

I think it is possible to be friends with employees, but there has to be a respect level where you're not taken advantage of, either.

It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off.

Now I'm a symbol of what to be and how hard to work. I have heads of major labels say, "I wish you could teach our artists how to do it." At one point I was the punching bag of what not to be, and now I'm the model of what to be.

I feel that energy up there on stage. The band, the crew and our road family - the look in their eyes - they're so happy to be back doing what we love to do.

My life can be insanely complicated sometimes, and there's a certain simplicity that I crave.

I truly believe that music is the most powerful thing we have.