I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.

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

I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters who sell it under the table. Let's legalize drugs like they did in Amsterdam. No one's hiding or sneaking around corners to get it. They go to a doctor to get it.

What I really search for is something that I really love hearing, something that's my own private game: If I find a song I really like, I try to do a definitive version.

Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

Sometimes the teacher would tell me that if you're singing a love song and you just don't feel it with a person or something you've experienced, just think of a dog or cat that you love.