It's O.K. to accept good fortune.

I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.

To me, the best purpose of an interview would be to illuminate some things about how somebody works for the benefit of somebody else who wants to do those things. And that's not where most interviews go at all, so to me, they seem like strange exercises in small talk and wasted air.

To sing with other people and for other people, that's when you can really learn something about your voice. You can only learn so much if you create your own boundaries all the time. But then, other people can really teach you something. You know, if you're trying to sing with them, or if someone brings a style.

Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.

You're making something that won't be what it is until some unknown date in the future. All aspects of the personal disappear.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.