Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

With the a cappella groups, every voice is like one string on a guitar, one note on the piano, or one cymbal, and you don't have the luxury of falling back on anything.

My favorites growing up were always Billy Joel, Michael Jackson... and Placido Domingo.

There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.

I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way.

I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced.