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Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials.
The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.'
You have to play to your strengths, and my strength is the amount of content I create.
I didn't write about aspects of my public life because that's a small part of my life.
Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.
My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.
A lullaby should be timeless because it's a timeless concept - the birth of the child.
If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special.
I think its very important to not be afraid to experience joy in the middle of sorrow.
I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you just to have someone by my side.
If my life were a song, what would it be? 'A Never Ending Road of Musical Good Times'.
I think it's important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.
I'm not really the sort to reflect or look forward. I prefer concentrating on the now.
I love the shows that are in dingy little dark clubs, smoky, no production whatsoever.
I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.
I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.
The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.
There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.
When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.
I believe I'll take off my colors for awhile / And just kick back and sing some blues.
I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.
Love is found in the things we've given up, more than in the things that we have kept.
I would love to be a Franciscan brother. Im just not sure I have the courage to do it.
Stand naked in front of the mirror and say, 'I'm f–king sexy.' That's where it starts.
Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off.
I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.
Sustained change only happens when we shift at an emotional rather than logical level.
Women and their bodies are beautiful. Men are always gonna want to follow them around.
As soon as someone like me or David Lynch pops up everyone says hallelujah, how weird.
The last thing I remember, I left with a girl on a motor bike that weighed 300 pounds.
After being compared to Jay Leno for so long, you don't think of yourself in that way.
I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.
I'm a pretty bad troubadour. I'm more of a music fan who got away with making records.
Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.
I like to think that I'm trying to choose love over most things, but that's my choice.
If you try to come off as this big-time star with an attitude, people don't like that.
Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.
We all enjoy the band and what we're doing, but we know this isn't gonna last forever.
I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.
I've watched pretty much every Ed Sheeran video on You Tube that is possible to watch.
Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.
I'm not some sort of puppet. Like, there isn't a team of people telling me what to do.
One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.
We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.
Luckily, I dated all of the losers ages ago. My love life has been stable for a while.
That's what's interesting: When you release an album, everyone hears it their own way.
I always found the road exciting. I liked stinking hotels and freezing dressing rooms.
It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.