In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

My baby lives in shades of blue, blue eyes and jazz and attitude.

When you long you can not achieve anything when you repeatedly have to lose all that you had hoped, you gradually become still.

I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition. I've met a lot of musicians along the way who thought I was good, and they knew that was important to me. Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

when your happiness is someone else's happiness, that is love

Well, I mean, taking time for your art is taking time for yourself, isn't it?