I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

If dreams give you power, then I'm strong enough to walk through my heart till you love me.

I always knew that God's way was the best, that I wanted to wait, and that I valued purity.

I cry out from the ashes, burned with sin and shame. I ask you Lord to make me whole again.

I think that you have to let yourself be agitated and annoyed and not be fully comfortable.

This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.

Richie is the only one of my nine who's really moved away. I can't get rid of most of them.

I love nature, so I'd love to go out and just look at things and not care what I look like.

As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that.

That's the life, really, isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.

Don't throw me teddy-bears, I'm 23! I'm a man! Throw me condoms or money! Paper, not coins.

When Daddy goes to work, there's a mouth to feed, a point to life and a reason to do things

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.

Of course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.

We are creating a culture where content creators are a new servant class, and paid as such.

I got married at 20, and I was not a real mature 20. My first child was born when I was 21.

You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.

When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.

People are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

Becoming a mother has taught me to simply things and also to appreciate being at home more.

Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.

I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them.

In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.

I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

There’s a day that is coming when all the last will be first and every orphan will be home.

If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin Then mister you’re a better man than I

I don't think it's so hard to be commercial and interesting. Look at Prince, or Neil Young.

I'm a bit of a wine snob and like a glass of Chateaux Margaux '82 with a meal or to unwind.

If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.

Never let a boy be your life. They can live in your world, but never make a guy your world.

I was in a love that was wonderful until it was terrible, and both people got hurt from it.

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.

I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution.

Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

I always wrote with some kind of angle of ignorance. I didn't know what was right or wrong.

And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.

Once you start to analyze it [Joyous Sound], you've completely lost it. That one just came.

Playing at home in Mamelodi is always so special to me, and I cherish those moments dearly.

You can dream the American Dream But you sleep with the lights on And wake up with a scream

I went to law school and took a law degree, and counseled all my clients to plead insanity.

You want the world to be what you want it to be, and sometimes the world doesn't want that.

I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.

One day we'll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song!

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