I Stopped Beating Up On Myself. I

I Think All Musicians Should Understand That You Have Chosen Not To Be A Soldier But A Musician.

Your Yes Means Nothing If You Can't Say No.

I Just Try To Tell A Story With A Song, And Be Able To Try To Transmit The Emotion To You. That's All I'm Really Trying To Do.

Madonna Is Interesting. She Changed Music. She Definitely Did. She Gave Me An Opportunity That No One Else Would Give Me, So I Am Very Grateful To Her.

I Dabble In The Jazz World, Which Is Male-­dominated. If You Had Two Women Playing Together, It Became A Shtick. It Becomes A "girl Group," And It Has To Be Something Cutesy. That's Hard To Contend With.