I Think Art Should Be Controversial. I

I Think Love Resides In All Of The Songs, Even When They Are Overtly Sexual.

Everyone Has A Self-destructive Nature In Them. It's Whether You Feed It Or Not. You Don't Have To Be A Pop Star To Feel Connected To Destruction Or Self-destruction. But Self-destruction Is Self-obsession, And Self-obsession Is Not Really Possible If You're Engaged In Raising Children. And If You Have A Spiritual Life, You're Constantly Being Asked To See Yourself As One Small Fragment In The Bigger Picture.

I Feel Like I've Survived So Much, And Been Through So Much. And Sometimes I Miss The Innocence Of Those Times. Life Was Different. New York Was Different. The Music Business Was Different. I Miss The Simplicity Of It, The Naivete Of Everyone Around Me.

People Who Listen To Them Properly Don't Underestimate Them. Unfortunately, There's So Much About My Career And Me That Distracts People From The Actual Content Of Most Of My Songs.

People Think That Being Famous Is Just About Having Your Picture Taken All The Time And Being Rich Rich Rich, And You Know What?... They're Absolutely Right.