There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.

I've been there and done all that sold millions of records and that doesn't bring you peace.

Everyone has that friend who's every day like 'I hate my nose I hate my nose I hate my nose.' You either need to come to peace with it and be like alright I hate it but it's part of me - or change it. So I'm not against plastic surgery I'm against plastic surgery when it doesn't really need to be done.

But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.

Peace has its victories no less than war but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you.

Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics religion virtually anything.

We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.

A civilized nation can have no enemies and one cannot draw a line across a map a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side and good friends live on the other.

Mother Nature comes up against reality and the reality is that the system doesn't work.

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer it sings because it has a song.

My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the U.S... what singer doesn't have that dream?

Distance doesn't exist in fact and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere at all times.

I'm a Cancerian the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I don't think I'll ever come to terms with people being unnecessarily nasty but I can take it if someone doesn't like my music - I'm not everyone's cup of tea.

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate because it defines our limitations.

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.

So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.

I'd call what I do pop music but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness public criticism of each other and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

For me great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

I think what made it difficult for people to get and still makes it difficult for people to get is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.