I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.