Artists reach areas far beyond the reach of politicians. Art, especially entertainment and music, is understood by everybody, and it lifts the spirits and the morale of those who hear it.

There is a lot of snobbery towards pop music, to me and pop in general - it's kind of a despised art form.

It's my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album's price point is. I hope they don't underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.

Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It's the artist's job to create imagery that matches the music. I think they're very intertwined.