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My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

It's very demanding to make up your own music.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

After the music that had been created by my family, I thought there was no way I could stack up.

I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it.

I got tired of depending on other people, and I had this strong desire to make music of my own. I decided to start writing my own tunes and just see what could happen.

I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself.

I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you're afraid to say that it's done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it.