Nobody considers a covers record an album..

After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got ….

I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody..

People and their religions don't affect me..

Never give up, no, never give up If you're looking for something easy You might as well give it up..

I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid..

If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult..

I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond..

Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse..

I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved..

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience..

I am human and I make mistakes..

I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own..

I need to be able to face things..

I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more g….

People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it..

From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues….

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing..

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever..

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other..

I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it….