What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with

But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.

I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry nowadays is based on is forcing stations to play it, forcing people to listen to it.

I don’t pay attention to the world. I just have the art I like and the music I like and for me that’s the whole world

As long as you're excited about what you're playing, and as long as it comes from your heart, it's going to be great.

I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.