To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.

I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.

Yeah, let's keep the peace going.

I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.

I want to be played on the radio. I want to have Top 40 hits,

I only toured for three months. As soon as I got off [tour], I was just dying to start recording, because it was on my mind: 'I've got to make another record now.' And I was totally excited.