As I got older, my voice got better.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

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.

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think anything's quite as good as that.

As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what's going on around me in the song and the arrangement.

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.