I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.

Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.

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

I don't care how small the game. I want to win.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.