What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

It's cold out there, colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint - I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find.

The Universe is making music all the time.

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

The piano has been drinking, not me.