I feel that I was a useful contributor to society, and that I couldn't be a contributor to society in any other way.

I don't agree with this romantic fantasy that people who suffer from depression are more likely to be artists. I find that I am more creative when I am happy actually.

It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one.

I love songs, and I love songwriting, and there's a standard of songwriting within Chicago blues in particular. I don't like the sad blues, necessarily; the Chicago blues is what I like, which is the kind of blues you can dance to.

The sexuality is being sold to the artists as power when in fact it's not; it's a way of hypnotizing their audience.

I don't want to go shoving what I believe down anyone's throat. Whatever I believe about Jesus is a personal thing, but it doesn't exclude all the others.

As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins.