It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.

I don't listen to my own music at home.

A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

I love country music, but I find it very hard to take it seriously. I also think a lot of country music is sung with the tongue in cheek, so I do it tongue in cheek.