I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool.

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.

Country music has the great stories.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.