I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody.

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.