"I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier."

"John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better."

"I'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's."

"Like most musicians, I'm good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our heads to contemplate even the music we will be doing in the future, let alone what we've done in the past."

"People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success."

"The most fun is to play clubs, because you actually get to see the people."