What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

Clint Eastwood said, the only things America has contributed to civilization are the western and jazz. And I don't think westerns are bad, but lots of people make great cinema. But jazz is right there.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice.

What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.