Self-expression without craft is for toddlers.

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

You stand in front of a great painting and your heart just opens and your mind expands about what's possible. That, to me, is a connection to what God is.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.