You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.

Sneakers are not my thing.

Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.

I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You've got to go out and fight for it.

Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

I've always wanted to marry Elton John.

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came to being famous.

When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.

Miscommunication is endless.

Your heart literally hurts when it's breaking. You can feel it, every beat another ache, and nothing you can do will stop it, either from beating or breaking.

And this is how the ending starts.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary of the death of a martyr - if possible, on his tomb.

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception

Art does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real.

A positive attitude goes a long way. Focus your energy on the here and now, and see how a happier you shines through.

I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through.