Madonna has a very unique style and comes up constantly with these great songs..

I didn't have to sell my soul for money. I didn't have to go through trap music; I could just help Ye write songs and get money from it. So I knew wh….

My idea of making time for myself is writing songs. I never stop beating myself up about trying to be productive, so I don't really like to do a lot ….

Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and rhythm, kind of. Somet….

The live audience, just getting an instant reaction off of an audience is the best part[of the show]. Being in the studio and working on your songs a….

I had a really bad blushing problem when I was younger. The first time I ever performed was in an English class. I had an essay that I was supposed t….

Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth that are al….

The incalculable winds of fantasy and music and poetry, the mere face of a girl, the song of a bird, or the sight of a horizon, are always blowing ev….

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in..

I was wanting to do an album but I didn't know if I was really ready. Jerry Wexler was one of my closest friends and allies, like my godfather. He sa….

Everything alters me, but nothing changes me..

I’ve always loved Alice Cooper..

...go in the direction your head is pointed in..

I've been doing music for many years and after a point what is the motivation that drives you to compose and to do stuff? I did this song for the U.N….

I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together. I still have my hands and I can still writ….

What is good is what it's going to lead to, like the song "Jai Ho." If good numbers are going to come in the future, it bodes well for a lot of thing….

A lot of people got something to prove. If I had something to prove, I proved it already, so why do I have to go showboat? Like, I don't say I got th….

Some days I don't feel confident wearing, like a crop-top. So, when you're getting dressed for the day, gravitate towards items that you feel comfort….

I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who is Czech ….

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first bef….

When liberals are behind something, I'm automatically suspicious..