Pain I keep to myself; my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.

The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time when we did it I always prided myself on digging up obscure songs that no one knew of.

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

I love Willy DeVille. He's very missed.

Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous.

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.

Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.