I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to.

On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.

You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need.... And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy.

I hope that you know in your heart how you feel about things, and you don't let the people that live on fear and hate govern the way you live.

I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true.

Believe in yourself and what you feel. Your power will come from that.

Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana.