I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove anything at this point other than what I'm doing.

There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Love songs last because they are about feelings that don't change.

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this song is about 'my' broken heart.

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

I always wonder what drives us as Artists.

It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos.

Love and be loved. Settle for no less. Ask for no more.

Remember, light and shadow never stand still.

She was tall and dark-skinned and looked like a Nigerian sculpture. She moved like a lioness, her every step bristling with suppressed violence.

If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I'd have to say, 'George, you and I are about to become partners.'

Providence seems to look after the chumps of this world; and, personally, I'm all for it.

You don't have to be a preacher to talk about what matters, and you don't have to drop the pleasures of style

The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

Don't take your bad shots home with you.