Think about all of the families where the father is a doctor and the son is a doctor or generations of coal miners. Why did they go into that line of work? Because that's what they were taught. Or was it in their genes? It's not an either/or question. It's both. I was inclined in that way. I was sensitive to music and poetry, and it was around me growing up.

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see how it felt to be without words.

Work ... is redemption.