They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.

I believe in a higher power and I believe in good and bad, right and wrong. You sleep in the bed you make.

You have to change musically. Bubble gum pop was good for the first time you have sex. They didn't want to give the OK on some really good music. It was the frustration of being signed to that label. I was depressed.

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

I did plenty of crazy stuff, but I did a lot of charity stuff. You can't stop. You want to continue to taste, and sometimes that's crazy, stupid things.