I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.

I've got holes in my guitar.

People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.

Every song is like a painting.

Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt.

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.