I really, really like writing songs.
But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.
And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.
And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that.
And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.
I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.
But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.
You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.
Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.
I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.
I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.
I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.
I feel like I have to have a voice.
I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year.
I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.