I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.

Forgiveness is the most important thing. We all have to forgive what was done to us - the Irish people have to forgive. The African people. The Jewish people. We all have to forgive and understand the only way to stop the cycle of hate and abuse is not to allow yourself to get caught in it.

What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to wear.

The irony is that musical artists have enormous public voices, but behind the scenes we're voiceless, actually.

There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as a songwriter. There's also simplicity in the songwriting. It's much harder to be simple than it is to be complicated.

Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

What I hope is to really focus on being a songwriter. I'd love to write songs for other people; that's something I'd really like to start doing.