What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

Each song, you're telling a story and acting.

I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.

Don't keep telling your parents they don't understand you. Believe me it's much worse when they do. There's just a chance, you know - they really might.

A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don't understand.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.