I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I'm tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.

It's hard to believe that you did so many drugs for so long. That's what I find really hard. And didn't really consider it. It was eating and drinking and taking drugs and having sex. It was just part of life.

I am not very conscious of the figures of speech that I use.

If you get to be a really big headliner, you have to be prepared for people throwing bottles at you in the night.

There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

My father was furious with me, absolutely furious. I'm sure he wouldn't have been so mad if I'd have volunteered to join the army. Anything but this. He couldn't believe it. I agree with him: It wasn't a viable career opportunity.