Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like.

My mother answers all my fan mail.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective and his process, which to me is a lot like the artist.

Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.

I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit.