The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon.
People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.
When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.
When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New York and became obsessed with that.
It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
I have a really great show jacket from Lavalliere that's really well made, and I have a great pair of Gucci jodhpurs, which is hilarious.
I love to eat cucumber sticks with yogurt. It's a great snack to have at home, especially when I'm having house guests.
My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.
I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again.
I built a studio in L.A. for me and my brother to just write every single day. And it's been great, man.
I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.
I love seeing women looking great in my clothes. I don't care who they are. I don't quantify people by celebrity.
Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the bar is really high, the expectations are really high, but it also feels great.
I love maxi dresses, I feel so great when I put on a maxi dress, big earrings and sandals.
The Emmy that I lost, and I can't remember his name, I lost to the man who did the Olympics. So, it was great to lose to him. It's the Olympics.
I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.
Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer.
I'm a Prada freak and I think they have great eyewear. Even though I don't need glasses, I use them as a fashion accessory.
It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.
