“I mean I was famous for nothing.”

“I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.”

“The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.”

“I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.”

“They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.”

“I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.”

“I mean I was famous for nothing.”

“The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.”

“My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.”

“It's a weird thing. Rick Springfield wrote 'Jessie's Girl,' and he probably gets sick of talking about 'Jessie's Girl.' The thing is, I didn't write 'Blurred Lines.' I didn't direct the music video. I'm really happy for the success, but it is kind of a funny thing to follow me around.”