I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way. And I know eventually we'll be together, one sweet day.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.

Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out.

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

The minute I started addressing my feelings, I actually came out of very negative situations.