When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world.

What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song.

you dont know what you got till its gone

Whatever it was that I felt was the weak link in my previous project gave me inspiration for the next one.

Rationally I have no hope, irrationally I believe in miracles.

I'm not a kiss-and-teller. I never named names.