My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch.

The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

Act like you care. Pray like you care. Speak, smile, reach out, and live like you care.  The point is to make sure those in your life know beyond doubt that you do care.

All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago.

It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them

There's something very dreamlike about film, and I will always be very fascinated by that, and I'm always tempted to go in that direction.

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

The world's politics are in turmoil, not to mention the Mideast, where the US has mounted attacks from Libya to Iraq to Syria, and ISIS is attacking governments in today's pipeline rivalry.

I'm not going to have a better day, a more magical moment than the first time I heard my daughter giggle.

I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.