I had a lovely time growing up.
You can only sleep in one bed at a time.
Trust is central to an economy that works.
Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
If you earned money listening to music, I'd be a millionaire.
There can be no peace with someone who wants to kill you.
We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.
If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
I never smile unless I mean it.
I get really frustrated if people don't smile.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.
I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.
Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.
I'd been in love before - I was always in love.
I would love to do more private concerts.
I love working with smart-funny people.
My first love is producing.
I've always stood up for country music.
People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.