People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine.

I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

People seemed to think, you get to a certain age or you get married or you, you're comfortable. And so now there's nothing to write about: that angst is gone. The youthful angst. And that just hasn't happened with me.