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I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.

Like most musicians, I'm good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our heads to contemplate even the music we will be doing in the future, let alone what we've done in the past.

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head.

When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

I just feel if you are an artist, you always have something to prove, if you are in music or in films, you have to prove that you can still do your best.

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.