I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play the piano.

Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.

Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more.

If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.

I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.

I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.