I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.
I don't fear anybody... at all.
I was a weird kid.
ABBA was a direct influence on me.
My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.
My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.
I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.
The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.
I try to give positive energy in all my shows.
Sure I got a mouth on me.
My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.
When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.
I like kissing people because it's funny.
I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.
On the McGuire course, there's a technique called 'cancellation' where negative experiences are replaced with positive ones.
The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway.
'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' wasn't some serious song, but it was huge! It was funny.
Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Conducting is a strange thing to teach.
It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.