I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech.

I saw people around me who were falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and substance abuse. It's seductive because alcohol is amazing and drugs are amazing, they work so well.

If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.

One of the problems with being relatively conscious and human, is that you want to help everybody.