If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special.

Pop music has progressed.

I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.

I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

Music can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind.

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.

Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.