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

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being...

At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being...

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

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

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'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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 love songs that are very autobiographical.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

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...

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...

And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve...

And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve...

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...