“I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.”

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I’d seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

The idea of putting out an album is quite exciting because it’s sharing your creativity with people. There’s no ambition to be famous. I couldn’t care less about that.

I watch everybody every night, from sitting down to being on their feet at the end, and I feel a sense of reinvention, of caring, presenting these songs in their purest form.

I think all my videos suck.

Sometimes, you know, bad is good.

Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience…When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.

I don’t like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.

My father’s a character.

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I’ve never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life.

Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.

When your world has shattered, ain’t nothing else matters. It ain’t over, it’s only love and that’s all.

I do 100 shows a year, but I do it in fits and starts, as opposed to going on a long run.

I got reckless baby, put you in your place. Next time, maybe rearrange your face.

Search your heart, search your soul, and when you find me there you’ll search no more.

Show charity and goodwill to others and it will return to enhance your own life in many wonderful ways.

The key in telling stories that people relate to is, not surprisingly, vulnerability and authenticity. That means that letting people know the struggle behind your brand – the failures and mistakes – and how you got through them is really important.

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.

It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.

I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.