I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.

The reason I know you don't love me, is because the day I walked out your door, you didn't stop me.

I have a lot of friends that I'd like to shout out but I don't think anyone will know who they are.

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

I never thought that I would have love again, but it's amazing how the universe brings love to you.

Christmas is always the most fun. I start looking forward to Christmas before it's even summertime.

I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.

All we did was to sit around, collect some ideas, wait and see what's going to happen. That was it.

People will dig their heels in and fight for the things they love and against the things they hate.

I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.

If I don't see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It's very visual.

Growing up, I always took things too personal and was very emotional, and I got made fun of for it.

There's a truth that comes through when an author performs his own work that is unique and special.

My entire career proves to me that if you believe in what you're doing, you will reap the benefits.

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

I believe in the ethos of the remix, like Andy Warhol making a painting of a Campbell's soup label.

I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears!

If anyone has listened to my stuff over the years, they know I tend not to do the same thing twice.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

I am connected to the market and now I am singing songs that my mother loves as well, it's amazing!

I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.

It was really nice working with Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, Renee Zellweger.

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.

I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.

I take care of my voice. I don't go to loud discos where I have to shout; I don't have iced drinks.

I don't believe in trying to be somebody you're not - just be a bigger, better version of yourself.

It's been my belief that learning how to do something in your hometown is the most important thing.

If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.

Holding still for a moment, what a moment this is, Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss

Walking in the dark, seeing lovers do their thing. That's the time, I feel like making love to you.

We keep some distance between ourselves when we're not working. I think that's a really good thing.

Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don't get to last this long, usually.

Coffee isn't just a source of pleasure for me: it is something I rely on to get me through the day.

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.

I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.

I wanted the songs to be themselves, instead of worrying about all this crazy slickster production.

I can't tell you. I would say that if I did, I would have to kill you, but that wouldn't be polite.

Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace.

You really get tired in one area of your life, and then you start questioning your whole existence.

You never know where your next scare is coming from. You've just gotta find the courage to face it.

For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.

Almost any decent cook will make food by eye and taste. Virtually all of my family cooked that way.

If a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side... The pleasure - the privilege is mine.

Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.

Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.

And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don't.

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