Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know I'm good. I know best about myself, so a critic doesn't anger me.

When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.

There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a little more patient about getting out into the world. I would have seen to it that I had a more formal education. I would have become an accomplished mu

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.

As you may know, I have many good friends in the press who, unfortunately, have thus far refused to identify themselves and go public.

If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at Harvard.