I'm in a New York state of mind

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.

Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.