Anytime that another artist or a critic that is well-respected says something nice about you, you're always thankful and hope that you can live up to that.

Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the meat of what you're saying.

Among my dad's generation, when you gave another man a pocketknife as a gift, it was a show of respect. I'll still give someone the knife out of my pocket.

When you're writing with an artist or for an artist, you have to help them serve their vision. That's the cool part about writing songs. There are no rules.

I always tell people, 'The music's free. I get paid to travel.'

It's such a strange marriage, a song and someone that sings it. When that works, it really works, and when it doesn't, it doesn't.

The most fragile, unhappy people destine themselves to live lives of constantly reminding themselves to be happy.

We who are immortal, we are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.

Of course prostitutes have babies. Where do you think traffic wardens come from?

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

The poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases.

I'm just rich. I own businesses and I love it.

It is easy to be a moral perfectionist when one is politically unaccountable.

I went to San Francisco. I found someone’s heart.