Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.

When you get into recovery after some addiction you have to relearn a lot of perceptions, attitudes and self-awareness if you want to stay clean. You really do change. Change doesn't happen often but to a certain extent in some way, I think when you get into recovery and you stay there, you change.

The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don't have to drag me down, I descend.

What's great about art is that if you can reach people, if they hear or see what you do and it moves them, there's a commonality.

You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?