On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life.

Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.

Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you're lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that's not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I used to always cry from loneliness.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.

Music has always carried me through times of loneliness. So when I make music, I like it to make people who listen to it feel like they have a friend who reveals something personal to them, rather than trying to be like a god up on a pedestal.