Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

I can only write songs when somebody gives me some water to swim in. Otherwise, I'm a fish on the beach.

It's not hard to connect with the music on an emotional level and get inside the songs. It's odd, very vulnerable, and slightly embarrassing to be standing and singing and playing music in front of a bunch of strangers.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.