If you can't write your song in half an hour, you're in trouble - which is always true.

There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street and on the streets of New York City were the musicians. They were doing the greatest healing work. They knew how to punch through music that would cure and make people feel good.

It's my singing that allows me to stand apart.

The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.