I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.

I would never put a video in front of my kid. While I don't use videos as a babysitter, they have come in handy on the airplane.

I'm one of a dying breed who goes out and tours all the time. Labels don't spend the money to send people out to play before they become famous, but we did do that so the fans we have are word of mouth fans who have been travelling around with us for years, and they buy the albums, but they are also the ones who go out and get the bootlegs. I don't discourage bootlegging, I like playing live, I don't think it hurts my album sales at all if there are bootlegs out there. Who cares?

I used to jog every day and call it my 'gratitude run.' I'd make my gratitude list as I ran. I never ran out of things to be grateful for. My knees aren't what they used to be, but I still do my gratitude list every day.

The only person who can save you is you: That going to be the thing that informed the rest of my life.

Music, art, writing - it gives us a sense of who we are, a sense of our history, a sense of our future and it should provide some kind of comfort. It's not just entertainment for entertainment's sake, it's an investment.

I am sweet, I am ugly, I am mean if you love me. I'll try hard just to please you, when I say I don't need you.