I'm happy. I feel good about music.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it.

I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process. But, with a film, there is no control at all.

I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.

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