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I'm not really a pianist.

Obviously I'm not the best singer; obviously I'm not the best piano player or the best songwriter, but I'm doing my best on all of 'em. Once you have all those things in place, then I think everything falls the way it should.

As a composer, I'm basically trying to represent myself through my music in an honest way.

I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

I consider myself a composer.

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player.

I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.