My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.

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 didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.

'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn't a single and people didn't really know about it, but it's a beautiful song and that's part of what I'm loving.

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

These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.