The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.

I never felt like I was forced to do anything.

I've always been singing and making noise. I used to do that all the time when I was a kid. My mom would get very frustrated with me because I would just sit around and make noises.

I think it's very easy to get self-conscious and stuck when you're doing everything on your own.

I never learned to play properly either, I was a little bit too lazy for that, but as long I could express myself in a way that had sound, I was happy.

I've been collaborating a lot, because I like working that way. It's fun and keeps you moving forward.

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically.

I really do know what I want with my life. I think that keeps me from making bad decisions and spending time doing stuff I don't enjoy.

I hadn't known anything else, other than being an artist, and I needed to be a person for a while, really get to know myself without that whole thing [of selling music] surrounding me.

I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to know myself as a grown-up.

I have quite a broad taste in music.

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

I have thought for a long time that the way my clothes hang on me is more important than me inside them.

I don't know whether this is the best of times or the worst of times, but I assure you it's the only time you've got. You can either sit on your expletive deleted or pick a daisy.

The life you want doesn't exist. You have to make it up.

If you're not at peace with yourself, you can't be at peace with anyone else.

All wish to know, but few the price will pay.

I think, men and women are different. We have different challenges.

I still believe I'm the best player. That's what keeps me going.

To make dictionaries is dull work.

Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.