I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'