I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.

I really didn't know a lot of rock 'n' roll until I moved to L.A. Before that, when I was in New York, I grew up listening mostly to R&B and soul and jazz.

I am trying to get closer to God.

God is love and if you are ready, he always is.

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.

I honestly don't remember how I wrote or did the songs. Or the sessions. They all become very much a blur. And each album is like that. It may be that there are different locations, it may take longer, shorter, or whatever, but it's always something that just happened.

I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.