I just have to take my chances like any other composer.
We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.
If you don't change, you're dead, so I try to keep changing.
I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.
I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.
If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying.
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
When I draw my caricature self-portrait, I always do a huge smile.
Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are.
I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.
I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture o...
I am a Slavic musician and it is deeply inside of me.
To be able to play as slow as Al Jackson is almost impossible.
I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.
I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this.
The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.
Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.
I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
