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

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.

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

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

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

Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?