At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.

If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.

I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life.

An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.