You're alive, you might as well be glad.

I think I need to be married. Having a wife and family makes some sense out of all that I do, because I can't make any sense out of 20,000 adoring fans watching me for two hours.

Over the years, you grow up, you mature and you see things in a different way, and it's reflected in the writing.

The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.

When love is unkind, it is not love anymore.

I've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that reflect my real feelings about things and so that what I've been writing about.

I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself.