I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.

I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.

I've walked these streets, in a carnival of sights to see. All the cheap thrill seekers, the vendors & the dealers, they crowded around me. Have I been blind? Have I been lost, inside myself and my own mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? I've walked these streets, in a spectacle of wealth & poverty. In the diamond market, the scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me.

Life is sweet, life is also very short.

When I originally wrote "Jealousy," it was more like an exercise to try to write a girl-group kind of pop song. It was really contrary to most of the material I'd ever written. I didn't pay much attention to the song after I'd recorded it. I didn't really perform it at all the last 20 years. When it came time to make the new record, I decided to make peace with the song and have fun with it.