I'm pretty moral about what I do. If I didn't think I was worthy of doing something, I wouldn't do it. I ain't gonna waste a bunch of people's time.

I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.

People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody would be pining for news about Angelina Jolie's babies if it weren't being given to them in the first place.

Hopefully if you create something fine, people will relate to it, so you're communicating with people, and you're not in a void. On the other hand, because you're always creating and transforming, art always separates you - always.

Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.

If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!