I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.

Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

I love any opportunity I have to make music.

You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.