My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Music has been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to leave my mark, leave something musically good b…

Ce qui fait le poete, n'est-ce pas l'amour, la recherche desesperee du moindre rayon de soleil d'autrefois jouant sur le parquet d'une chambre d'enfant?

The pennycandystore beyond the El is where I first fell in love with unreality

'I've been fascinated by music for as long as I can remember. I was the kid on the playground in the third grade who would tell other kids about Paul Simon or …