I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based on huapango drums, and it's kind of like a 6/8 time signature, but it really is a very syncopated 6/8. And that's how I attack vocals.

Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

I never went to the Beatles' concerts to scream. I never screamed at anybody's show. I was on my feet with the entire, all of the crowned heads of Motown, and we were shrieking our guts out.

the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to sound like my washing machine.

I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers.

I love sex as much as I love music, and I think it's as hard to do.