There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.