First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.

I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You've got to go out and fight for it.

For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums.

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.

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

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.