I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.

When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.

To preach abstinence, I think, is absolutely not the right message to give to kids.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

I think we do live in a very specialized society, where once you think about somebody as one thing, it's hard to change that. But I do a lot of things. I act, I write, I sing.