I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.

I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.

I get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you are writing a song; hopefully you are doing it to explore something, to create something, and I don't agree that any of my albums are genre exercises.

If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding I'll call it wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I'm broken then only death remains

Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old.

There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.