I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.

I'm 33 and in my "Jesus year," and I want it all right now. I want a perfect body. I want to have a perfect love affair. I want every member of my family to be healthy and happy. And I want the world to save itself and for America to realize that it has to give up its idea of being an empire. Wait until I hit 40; then it'll all come crumbling down.

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.