We all have our fears, our insecurities. I'm not different from anyone else.

I'm a family guy. A lot of my songs are inspired by my kids. Simple relationships. Watching them grow up, watching them share experiences with me and vice versa.

The most rewarding thing of my success has been the ability to use my music for many different causes that have become important to me.

Usually it is a painful process (writing), "Superman" came in 45 minutes; "100 Years" in four months.

If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else.

As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive.

I've learned that love takes priority.

I was able to truly immerse myself in the record-making process. I'm excited about music.

In so many of my songs, I'm trying to touch on various aspects of love.

Once you have kids and you're married, it's all about them. My life changed. You can see in my records.

As a songwriter, I think that comes with the territory. The older you get, you like to say it doesn't matter, but you care what people think about what you do.

The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognizes neither pity nor pitilessness.

My marriage to David Bailey ended one morning in 1983, while he was away on a photo-shoot.

For me, success is a state of mind. I feel like success isn’t about conquering something, it’s being happy with who you are.

We may experience a realization of our true Self the first time we meditate, but most often the process of awakening is gradual.

Out of all the weird things out of the tour, the weirdest thing for me is singing every day.

I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when we get contemplative and break out the guitar or pen and write about it.

Lexicographers may be nerds who don't like human contact, but we're still people.

The last thing we should do is allow ourselves to be infantilized by a counterfeit version of enlightenment.

In terms of relationships, women often completely over-estimate the confidence of men, and forget about needing to feel validated.

In the modern age where everything is connected to everything, the most important thing about what you can do is what you can do with others.