I'm so grateful to be able to do music.
I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music.
Music is what I care about. Not material things.
I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
I had seen a lot of music movies that celebrated music or that showed the kind of joys from playing music, which is a big part of it of course, and not something that I would want to deny.
The reason I play music is to touch people - for selfish reasons, as well. It feels good to make someone else feel something, whether it's a kiss, a painting, good idea or it's a song.
When I started making music, I wanted to enjoy it and make others enjoy it. But it's just music. I am not saving the world.
If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
Writing and playing songs is something that I've loved doing since the day I started. It's never been a chore; it's always a hobby. To be able to do that from day to day makes me believe I'm a very lucky person.
Music. It has always showed me that I could do what the other kids couldn't do. So I will keep playing and singing and entertaining, as long as the good Lord lets me. That is my life.
Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
Playing with Iggy pulled me back in for a while and reminded me of what I love about music.
'Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view.
I never did music for awards. I did music because I love it and I do music because I love singing and I love entertaining.
I didn't start making music in order to be famous.
If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it.
To make a living from doing something I love is fantastic. As long as people want to listen to me, I'll keep doing it. In fact, to tell you the truth, even if no one did want to listen to me, I'd still be doing it!
I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
It is a great life, this life of music.
Music inspires me, and I'm grateful that I've been able to make a career out of something that I'm so connected to.
I love what I do, somehow I have been able to play in a band for my entire life and that is all I ever wanted to do. I love that I get to do that.
Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.
I love making music. I love that it's unstructured, that I get to go perform and play in front of people, to meet new people. I love to do the thing I'm best at every day.
The reality of my life is it's about 25 percent music, and everything else I do is so I can get that 40 minutes later to go play. And it is unquestionably worth every second of it.
