No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.

One of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age, they'd like to see if they can grow one. It's a phenomenon I understand very well. After you get over the itchy face, you go, "Oh, I don't have to shave, that's cool." And then you move into the philosophical thing- people say, "You look weird, you have a beard." And you say, "No, actually, it's weird to shave." Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.

I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.

No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.