If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.

I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.

Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways - it's infinite. It's like God... you know?

I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.

My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.

If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.

How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?