I never looked at people or singing as commodities.

Everything that we do I pretty much want to be organic, so if that happens, then that's okay with me. But I'm not interested in trying to re-create what once was. That doesn't interest me; it's boring.

I wasn't interested in fabricating things and altering what I did to make hit records.

You're the Picasso of pain.

I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.

I've enjoyed every age I've been, and each has had its own individual merit. Every laugh line, every scar, is a badge I wear to show I've been present, the inner rings of my personal tree trunk that I display proudly for all to see. Nowadays, I don't want a "perfect" face and body; I want to wear the life I've lived.

The great times were never as great as they seem in the rearview mirror.