I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.

I hate having to wait. I've got the thing done. I just want to see what happens.

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old, Africa is far too hot and Canada's too cold. And South America stole our name, let's drop the big one.

The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door. I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

I've written about a lot of different things, but the whole idea of writing for another character is unusual for pop music... Most of the repertory is love songs, and most of mine isn't. I don't know if that's a mental defect, or shyness, or what.