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

I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.

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.

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.

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

I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.

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