"I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park."
"I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty."
"I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday."
"Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't."
"Let the little fairy in you fly!"
"Life is a game and true love is a trophy."
"There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable."
"Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you."
"I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can."
"It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes."
"I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you."
"I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll."
"I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well."
"I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!"
"When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love."
"I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry."
"You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else."
"I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it."
"Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present."
"I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career."
"I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider."
"For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust."
"My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth."
"My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive."
"I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records."
