I don't want to be anything other than me.

I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung

I can do a gig without an instrument

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

Love has a reason There's a meaning to the world We're giving love.