The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.

Everything does go in a circle.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

Understand where it is you want to go. Then picture yourself there. If you can picture yourself there, then you can be there. Bottom line.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.