No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

Ask anyone concerned with race to fast, and take note of the response you receive.

I was born lucky and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.

He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead.

Ooh baby, baby, it's a wild world, it's hard just to get by upon a smile.

We're going to support the men and women of law enforcement.

My father was a Little League dictator. That really affected me, his control-freakery, his impunity, his arbitrary unreasonable power.

You never really fail until you stop wanting.

Not all knowledge comes from college.

The Bible cares about the systems that create oppression. We see this in the Exodus all the way to Jesus' interactions with Zacchaeus and the prostitute in John 8.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.