I've been obsessed with seeing life through music. My records, my relationship with records, my relationship with rock stars, everything that surrounds it, has been really one of the only ways that I ever started to understand the world.
My view on music and the way that it's portrayed is that it's a religion.
My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.
Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have a tribe all around the world.
That's interesting: people deriving their identities from their music.
I'm driven by music. It's in my blood, and I've never been able to stay away from it for too long.
You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I don't think it's art. I just think it's music. It is what it is.
It all started with music for me. Everything still does.
I lost connection with music for a while, but I've always loved it.
Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
My biggest fear was, who would I be without music?
I'm not happy if I'm not making music; it's as simple as that. It's a need.
I want people to say about me, 'I know he's making music because he loves it.'
From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.
I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.
I am never going to give music up.
Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
I've always wanted my music to serve a certain purpose.
Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
Music has been my real solace. And that's why I play music. And that's why I'm so determined, or have been so determined to pursue what I wanted to do, come what may.
Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a part of your life without being something that earns.
Music's always been a big part of my life, but it kind of all happened in one big ball of storytelling rather than splitting acting and singing apart.
Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me.
