 I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. |
| More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. |
| I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood. |
| I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me. |
| For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift. |
| In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard. |
| It feels great to have a #1 album. |
| Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts. |
| I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans. |
| Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself. |
| I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. |
| As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us. |
| I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. |
| If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want. |
| I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. |
| Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. |
| We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge. |
| I'm a history nut. |
| You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money. |
| It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible. |
