Jazz Is Like A Great Blues Band

As I Look Back, I Understand What [the Record Company] Was Getting At. They Were Trying To Market A Record And Make It As Commercially Acceptable As Possible. It Hurt Me And My Credibility With Critics.

I Get To Study And I Got To Mimic And What I Basically Did Was I Stole From Every Person That I Could Steal From. I Was An Imitator. That's What I Was. It Was Years Before I Could Take All Of These Things That I Loved About All Of These Different Artists And Put Them Together And Find My Voice.

I Think I'm A Mama's Boy Who Wanted To Be A Hockey Player, Who Failed, And Had To Become A Singer. I Think That I'm A Generous, Impatient, Kind, Jerk.

I Would Rather Have People Be Even Cynical About Me Than To Feed The Negative Vibe.

The Artist That Had The Biggest Impact On Me Was Michael Jackson. He Was My Elvis And Beatles. When I Was 15, I Listened To A Lot Of Sinatra, But My Jean Jacket Didnt Have, I Love Frank On It, It Had, I Love Ac/dc, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam. I Thought Eddie Vedder Was The Second Coming.