I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.

The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.

With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what if you get into the eighth chapter and think, 'Let's go to the top and see if this works again? It's going to take me three weeks.' I'm in awe of that.

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

People learn at the rate they are going to learn.

Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.