I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

Fame is always a shock to the system; there's no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it's a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.

When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.

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

I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don't look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don't look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That's what I do.

Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.