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It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

Obviously, I want to sell records, but I do it because I find it therapeutic. In music I can be myself.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.