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

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

I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.

I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you'd see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15.

My fans are the best in the world! They've grown up with me and stayed with me through this entire journey.

I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people I was ahead of my 19 years. It may have been over the heads of some people.