I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.

The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

I'm in the trenches; I do the best work I can always do. Having said that, the way that what I do converges with the outside world is fascinating to me. Because it ebbs and flows. People's interest and understanding, it changes all the time.