At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down…

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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.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I...

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I...

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into...

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into...

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 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.

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then...

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then...

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will...

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will...

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.

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'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...

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

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.

I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as...

I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as...

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be...

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be...