Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar.

My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home.

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.

I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's just one little thing that makes you happy, and you're making friends. The kind of thing I can do is capture this moment.

For the most part, people use God as Santa Claus.

I want to work and be happy.

I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward.