All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are.

He aint heavy, he's my brother.

It's much harder to play myself. If I ever do a movie again, it'll be a singing serial killer.

When I am not writing, I'm dying.

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.

Well, I Am... I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written.

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