I'm a gentleman, call me old fashioned if you want.

I don't think I'm better than other people, I think I'm different from other people, because I do different things.

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.

I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds of colors, something for everybody, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem.

Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form, all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music.

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Escapism- that's what I like. I'm not so crazy about the reality of everything.