My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.
I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.
I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
I went to Shea Stadium and used the men's room. Terrifying. There was this little kid looking at me through the crack [in the stall]. and I was like, "If you tell anyone what you've seen. . . "
I like well-made clothes, and I don't mind spending a lot of money on something that looks super, super simple. I don't like knockoffs.
Every leaf knows that time is very short. All life must be lived before the autumn comes!
I feel guilty just sitting around when I know I can be doing something.