I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.
I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.
I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.
A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.
I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.
I carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees.
In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.
For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.
There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.
I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.
We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what.
I've seen such things as you would not believe. I've seen motorbikes driven down hotel corridors - and had a go myself.
Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.
When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.
The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone
I like the spontaneity; I like to just get people together and hit 'record' so hopefully it has got a liveliness about it.
I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.
I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.
When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.
I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.
