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There's always apprehension whenever I launch anything, it seems. When I launch a tour, people are always, 'Oooh, is this gonna work?' And when I launch an album: 'Ooh, is this gonna work?' Or a new video. 'Really?' It's always like that - but I've always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose.

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about.

I have had to learn about saying no.

When talking to first-time entrepreneurs, I often ask them: 'How do you know that people want your product or service?' As you can expect, the answer is often that they don't yet, but will know once they launch. And they're right. That's why it's critical to launch as quickly as possible so you can get that feedback.

I'm a fighter, so when someone says 'no' to me, I try to figure out what I need to adjust to hear the yes.

There's nothing more frustrating than when you hear a track and you can never find out what it is.

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

One of the hardest tricks that I had to learn was saying the word 'no.'

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.