When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can't force them to like it.

Music should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can't be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that's always good.

I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?

Iraq has lost 5 percent of its population, a number that in the U.S. would equal 14 million people.

Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

The Beatles were so big that it's hard for people not alive at the time to realize just how big they were.

I should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.