And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song.

Forget what life used to be, you are what you choose to be. It's whatever it is you see that life will become.

Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind.

But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere, suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear.