I misfired and said some things in the past about people, namely John Mayer. And I didn't have the guts to apologize.

It took me a little while to get sorrow under the belt enough to understand country music's lyrics and strengths.

My kids are deep. My daughter plays music. My son, Black Jack, doesn't forget anything.

The smartest thing I've done for my kids is writing a song about a holiday. Every year after that, even after I'm gone, they'll get a small check from the play it gets around the Fourth.

The subject and the reality of having children came at the height of my career.

I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.

So often, we leave the selfless side of ourselves for nights and weekends, for our charity work. It is our duty to inject that into our day-to-day business, into the work that we do, to improve corporations, to improve civil society, and to improve government.

There's always a knee-jerk reaction in our business to analyze and determine why something didn't work.