Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.

My activism always existed. My art gave me the platform to do something about the activism.

I'm tired of going to an empty bedroom every night. I wish I had a girl I could cuddle with

If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.

Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys.

Tolerance is just a fancy word for ignoring a fascist ideology. Acceptance is the only way.

I know when to have fun, but when it comes to my music, I'm really serious about my career.

I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.

My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?

Mitch Miller knew exactly what he wanted me to sing. He didn't want me to improvise at all.

Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.

I like roses, ones with sharp thorns. Pretty to look at but hurts to touch, that's like me.

I don’t have to be a "gazillionaire;" what’s important to me is to just being able to work.

I had a cancer scare in the early 90s, and for a few months, I wondered if I would make it.

Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.

I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.

I'd definitely love to do more acting. My heart cries out for it; it's such a deep longing.

The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.

In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.

Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural.

Every night before bed, I rub my wife's feet. She says they're the best foot rubs on Earth.

Our crew guys, it's amazing what they have to go through to make a show happen every night.

They're great players. I'm not a Blues Traveler fan, though. I get it, but it's not for me.

Jesus was not born on December 25th. There's carbon evidence of it. That freaks people out.

It's one thing to ask for a picture, but to just take a picture of me is kinda weird, guys.

I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about.

The Brits know how crazy Adele is. Americans have no clue about Adele and how crazy she is!

You don't have to give up your dreams in order to earn a living - they can go hand in hand.

I think it should be socially acceptable for men to like 'You're Beautiful' by James Blunt.

To pluck up the courage and open your heart, and embrace someone else's heart is difficult.

You keep thinking that you'll never get burned, I just found me a brand new box of matches.

Nothing beats having this beautiful child look at me and say mum. I get soppy all the time.

As long as karma exists, the world changes. There will always be karma to be taken care of.

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

I have really been blessed in my career with some wonderful songwriters and in turn, songs.

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen?

Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.

It's my responsibility as an artist and public figure to put the right frequency out there.

If you can’t be happy at the prospect of lunch, you are unlikely to be happy about anything

A song to me is a very tangible thing. I can feel it with my hands and see it with my eyes.

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me.

My faith is in God. If it's a little statue of Buddha or whatever works for you, brilliant.

I am a Christian. I know I am a Christian, knowing that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.

Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.

I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.

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