Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

It's hard for me to pry with people I know.

Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It can have its own little life, I think.