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I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.
I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.
It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.
It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.
The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest.
Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own.
I used to dress up like Michael Jackson. I didn't have the glove, but I had a red jacket like in 'Thriller.'
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.
Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
The thing that fuels me the most is the desire to be on stage. And singing is the ultimate way of expressing all the emotions that I have inside.
There are opportunities that I have because I'm a white dude, and it's controversial because that's just the way that the world we live in kind of is.
I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.
People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23. And of course, you say things then, and sometimes they're ill-advised.
I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.
You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.
But it's easier to say 'I love you', than 'Yours, sincerely' I suppose.
BET, I'll never, never, ever forget them for this wonderful blessing they gave to me, to be on the 10th annual BET awards for my comeback.
It's so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.
When I am having my picture taken, I channel Beyonce. In the studio, my inspiration is Adele.
