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

When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That's the part of my life where I feel most in control.

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.

We're smart enough to make these millions, strong enough to bare the children, then get back to business.

Talking about the future, like we had a clue. Never plans that one day, I'd be losing you.