They hunt you. It's terrible... They never think about how the person feels about what they write.

That’s why I hate to take credit for the songs I’ve written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world.

My life is very complicated. I have a lot of things going on. I am juggling a lot of responsibilities. There is so much going on that it is astounding, it really is.

People need love. It’s the most powerful emotion in the world.

The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.

I always want to do music that inspires or influences another generation. You want what you create to live, be it sculpture or painting or music. Like Michelangelo, he said, “I know the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

They hunt you. It's terrible... They never think about how the person feels about what they write.