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.

My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.

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

Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came to being famous.

Sneakers are not my thing.

The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.

Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.