I was watching an interview with Martin Scorcese concerning Raging Bull, which is one of my favorite films, and he was talking about how he'd worked with a lot of guys who weren't quote-unquote "actors," like Joe Pesce and Frank Vincent. Scorcese was very smart in the way that he cast, because you don't know where you're going to find the right person who can carry a role and summon that emotion you're looking for.

There's nothing more that we love than having a close, personal, open relationship, and I believe that's what God wants.

I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all.

I basically camped out for a year and a half in an Airstream trailer on the beach out in front of the studio. I had no idea what I was gonna do, what kind of album I was gonna make - all I knew was that I wanted to sit there and just take in whatever came.

We have so many distractions. We're losing the family unit. We're losing the one-on-one. We're becoming extremely narcissistic. And we have to be careful about that. There's a lot to deal with out there.

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.

My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together.