Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

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

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

If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says?

As I got older, my voice got better.