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People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'

Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much myself, but it's my job to make you cry.

I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.

For me, music is all about emotion and attitude.

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

Music is the emotional life of most people.

Music is funny. I shouldn't even ever talk about music, because you can have all the ideas in your head, and it never goes exactly the way that you think it's gonna go.

I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.