My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.

The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the parts and you're producing it and all that, you have various times you have to critique what you do.

When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I got to sing it right.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.

Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today.