Being in a floodplain is like sitting down in a bathtub.

I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I feel like I'm being judged. And it's funny that I should feel that way.

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.

A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.