I don't know any musician, successful or otherwise, that got in it to make money. Or writer, for that matter. You get into it because you love it.

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.

It would be pretty shabby to appear flippant around a documentary that's about how much I love my fans.

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

I love my life, and I love the people that I'm connected to and I love my family and I love what I do, I'm passionate about performing and being onstage. That and meditating and hugging a dog are the only three times I am absolutely sure I will never get a depressed moment. So if I could go from dog-hugging to meditation to being onstage, I'd be good.

I know a lot of actors who started out as musicians and have very successful careers as actors, but most people don't know them as musicians.

I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.