I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'

I've always loved the word blunderbuss. I've always thought that it was a beautiful word and that it could mean several different things.

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate.

I say this often, THINK. There is something in life called common sense. Webster's says common sense is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. Perhaps this is why in 1776, Thomas Paine used these words as a title for the most famous pamphlet ever written.

The bottom line is we must get off our duff and make an effort to succeed. Trust me on this, when you see someone successful in any of the arts they have been willing to make an extra effort.

As an artist, you take things from your environment, and there's going to be a style coming out of your environment.