If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.

If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn't very memorable. I remember the street fights and how you were afraid to cross the bridge 'cause the Irish kid on the other side would beat your head in. I left Chicago a long time ago.

To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.

It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.

Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.

You have to look good.