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I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions.

Nobody thinks mystery writers go around killing people, but they always seem to assume singers are singing about themselves, especially if you write melancholy songs like me.

You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

I wanted to be heard, not seen. That's how it all started.

I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.

That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.