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

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.

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.

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

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