And there's been drift in Afghanistan over the last couple of years. And that's something that we intend to fix - this year.
Color has always evoked emotion for me: visually, internally, emotionally.
I thought if I gave people all of my journey in one go, it could be overwhelming and easily forgotten, and I didn't want to make an album where the single was so popular that you overlook the whole record. So three parts felt right - it's a number that can't be divided into.
I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my music's the opposite. I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know.
I'm not going to say I'll never rock with a band, because I'm too much of a fan of the aesthetic of a great band. But a girl group? Not again.
I had to appreciate other things about music, like the writing and the cadence and dealing with producers. I became a student. I wanted to learn the actual idea of what this industry was before I could creatively speak a lot of the things that I wanted to speak.
I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child.
Randy [ Rhoads] had small hands. Boy, could he play guitar. He became an even better guitar player after he died.
To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.
I think I would have a very good relationship with many foreign leaders.
In Hawaii, they're happy to hear that you're filming a show. They love it that people actually come and make use of their beautiful landscapes.