I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

What happens when you get a big break and you haven't prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you've ever made. I see it happen all the time.

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.

I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.

Though negative things have happened to me, God somehow let me know that becoming bitter was not the way to go. You die when you do that. Someone once told me that if you fully open your arms to receive love, you'll get some scratches and cuts on your arms, but a lot of love will come in. If you close your arms, you might never get cut - but the good stuff won't come in either.

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."