If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.

I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.

The young people look great on television. They’re youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven’t got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.