On singing in the swimming pool: "If I can move the water, I can move the people..

You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it..

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of..

Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free..

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself..

It's an important thing to remember where you came from..

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment..

As you get older, your experiences become more precious. Nothing material is important to me. It's people who are precious..

Yes!!! I booked a commercial!!!.

To be honest I listen to the female opinion on my photos. If all the girls in the office choose a certain shot, even if I don't like it, it becomes a….

No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing.

There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madon….

I still get butterflies. It's because there's a certain level of responsibility you carry when doing a concert. You've got to sound at least as good ….

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist.

Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song.

You know, fans who think we were made for each other and describe it in excruciating detail. You get peculiar things and beautiful things. But either….

I'm pretty irreverent. There is a lot of need to find humour in life. Although I'd never be as disrespectful to laugh at someone's expense..

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time..

When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, ….

When your car is about to go off a cliff, it’s a weird time to be thinking about gas mileage and drag coefficients; better to take the right control ….