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When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.
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Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.
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I've changed the way I look at things. When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, "This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records." I have fallen into that trap before.
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I think I've proven that I'm more than just a TV singer. I was always more than that, even before I went on TV.
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Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.
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I just try to do what I can, control what I can, and let the rest handle itself.
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I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.
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The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
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Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.
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Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.
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As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.
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To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.
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I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money. But to stay in the Top Ten for weeks on end when I'm in my forties by letting Glen Ballard write songs for me? F**k that.
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I sang in choir as a kid.
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Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.
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It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.
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Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.
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Personally, I wrapped things up with my past a while ago and I don't know whether this signals the end, but it definitely signals a beginning. And I think we're all here because of that beginning.
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I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
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Making music with people is a very intimate process.
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When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.
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I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.
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Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.