Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can.

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.

My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.

Fame and success are very different things.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is

My first language is Gaelic.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.

A man with outward courage dares to die

A tuna can only boast in a pond, but a whale can boast even in the ocean.

I lost my freedom for so many years. Until he entered my cage. Him, with the black eyes and blacker soul.

Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living.

Also, when you think about a show that you used to watch as a kid or as a teenager, you look at it through sort of rose colored glasses when you remember it.

When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball.

I think as an artist you evoke feeling and change and through that you send a message.

Skating has always been a major area of interest to me.