I try not to put messages in my songs. My only message is man's communication with his fellow man. I want to narrow the gap of strangeness and alienation.

We need sex education in schools, but we need it at home first. We need parents to learn the names of the teachers who are teaching their children. We need families to question day-care centers, to question other children and their own as to what goes on.

You know, in a way, I wish I could hate a little more. It would make me a more rounded personality.

I was tired. I peaked. I left when I was on top. One year, I did 280 concerts.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.