When somebody shows up and they believe in you, it makes all the difference.

I just do what I do and hope it's accepted by the public at large. It's different from when Marvin Gaye and Stevie revolutionized what music was 25 years ago. Now there's all this technology that's available to everyone. It's tough to be ahead of anyone.

People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and I was the keyboard player. I was interested in how the instruments worked and the theory behind playing with them.

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.