“Music comes from a whole different place. It tells the story of your l...” — John Waite Quote

“Music comes from a whole different place. It tells the story of your life and it's probably the closest thing I have to a religion.”

“It' always so sad to see people spend the rest of their careers just trying to repeat the formula.”

“It's amazing what the acoustic guitar can bring to the picture.”

“Rock n' roll is closest thing I've got to a spiritual power. It's been the higher voice in my life and it's never let me down.”

“When you're up there acoustically you're thinking, How could I possibly go back to rock?' Then when I'm playing rock I think, How can I ever go back to being unplugged?' That's what makes it fun all of the time.”

“I've always loved Country, folk, and the acoustic end of music.”

“I have twin six-year-old boys. Have no mojo. The closest thing to a mojo I have is five minutes of peace.”

“I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.”

“For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.”

“Part of my struggle with being gay was that a lot of my homophobia was internalized because of the cues that I was - received. I didn't see anybody like myself in the culture. RuPaul was the closest to a gay, out black man that I had growing up.”

“My fans come tell me I'm their 2Pac. Their mamas who love 2Pac come tell me that I'm the closest to 2Pac.”

“My closest friends are the ones who tell me that I'm being dumb or that I'm being wrong.”