It's the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you're able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

I couldn't imagine doing a show where I'd once again have to answer to corporate interests.

I was an abused kid.

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.

Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!'

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.