Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

The hardest thing to do in this business is to still be around. When music changes, when labels' resources have dried up, it becomes harder and harder to continue to make a living at this.

When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

You'd hear Willie Nelson, then Earth, Wind & Fire, then Chicago, then Billy Joel on the same radio station. Nowadays, everything is compartmentalized.

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.