Sometimes Being An Artist Means Knowing When

As I Look Back, I Understand What [the Record Company] Was Getting At. They Were Trying To Market A Record And Make It As Commercially Acceptable As Possible. It Hurt Me And My Credibility With Critics.

The Fact That There's A More Open Discussion About Everything From Feminism To Racism ... i Look At My Two Boys ... this Is Their Future I'm Talking About. When I'll Be Long Gone, It'll Be Them And Their Kids. I Know That Sometimes The Darkest Times Are Followed By The Lightest. Sometimes Bad Things Have To Happen For Good Things To Happen. At The Very Worst, We're Having Very Open Discussions, Discussions About Things We Didn't Even Know F-king Existed. I Talk To My Friends About It And They Are Absolutely Shocked. They Didn't Even Know.

I Had Done An Interview With 'hello' Magazine. In It, They Asked Me If I Was Going To Marry Emily Blunt. Of Course, What Was I Going To Say? I Said, 'oh Yeah I Am Going To Marry Her And I Love Her And All Of This Stuff.' It's True. I Was Making A Joke. They Said To Me, 'have You Asked Her?' I Said, 'have I? Maybe I Am Asking Her Through The Magazine.'

I Think I'm A Mama's Boy Who Wanted To Be A Hockey Player, Who Failed, And Had To Become A Singer. I Think That I'm A Generous, Impatient, Kind, Jerk.

It's All About Love. We're Either In Love, Dreaming About Love, Recovering From It, Wishing For It Or Reflecting On It. That's What This Record [call Me Irresponsible] Is About.