I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

I don't think that I'm a top 40 artist in any way. So I don't think I'm that mainstream.

I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

I like someone who doesn't take life too seriously. I hate people who are a bit uptight.

If a guy is taking his girl for granted, he really deserves a slap, with a baseball bat.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

I want to keep growing and living life to the fullest for as long as I'm on this planet.

If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.

Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne.

Worst thing in the world? John is completely out of it. Good luck, ladies. He's a freak!

A gimmick would be something you'd do to attract attention or to bring fame and fortune.

I see myself more like a novelist or a polygamist than a musician in terms of my output.

There's never anything planned. I just do what I feel is best for the song at that time.

My wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology.

I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.

If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost.

Psychology Today is probably one of my favorite magazines, Guitar, Guitar World. People.

I don't think science is totally true, because I've seen miracles happen through prayer.

Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.

You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.

Feel good about yourself. You have been blessed and you might not have even realized it.

You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true

I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.

Music is colorless. It's for everybody, it's for the world, it's for everybody to enjoy.

Life songs of ages, throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood.

We listen, we watch, we learn. We open our hearts and we open our minds, open our souls.

In times like these, we need each other. We must bond together in spirit and in service.

Don't blame it on the sunshine. Don't blame it on the moonlight. Blame it on the boogie.

I'm straight, but I love going to house music clubs and flirting with women and gay men.

The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'

I'd much rather go to a Banksy art show than a Moby art show. My art is painfully naive.

I'm divorced and I've been to the circus and seen the clowns. This ain't my first rodeo.

I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.

I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.

It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.

My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone.

I love that - you get everything from seven-year-olds to 87-year-olds at Passenger gigs.

I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.

I love my little overgrown yard. And my house is wonderful. It's everything that I need.

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies (p. 171).

I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.

I'd love to have a Christmas classic under my belt. It's hard to write a Christmas song.

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