As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.

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I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make...

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make...

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that...

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that...

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I...

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I...

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just...

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay...

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay...

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as...

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as...

I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.

I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a...

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a...

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them...

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them...

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their...

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their...

They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.

They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money...

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money...

Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s...

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s...

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I...

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I...