Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.

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.

Leadership is the capacity to turn vision into reality.

Oh get over it Cecilia! You are no longer human. Such decorum doesn’t exist amongst our kind

England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.

I create my own heartbreaks!

For a 12-year-old with a hyperactive imagination who liked to dream of dreary gothic castles, suburban Florida felt a little stifling.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

I call myself an experimental philosopher which is as ambiguous a term as comprehensive anticipatory design scientist.

Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do

Every task is given equal importance - that way I can pick and choose my tasks based on the ebb and flow of my creative metabolism.