You Could Eat Sushi Off My Bookshelf.

I Think That Music, Or At Least The Kind Of Music That I Make, Benefits Greatly From Improvisation.

A Lot Of The Songs I Write Are Like Songs That I've Never Been Able To Find On Any Record, But That I've Always Wanted To Hear. Or Maybe In A Style I Already Loved, But I Was Looking For Something In It That I Wasn't Hearing Yet.

There Definitely Isn't A Structure Anymore To How I Get Ideas. A Lot Of Times I'll Just Write Down A Phrase, Or I'll Have An Idea That's Attached To Just A Few Chords. Other Times, It's Work.

If I Had A Reed Made Of Lightening I Could Blow The Sax All Night... I Don't Know Where One Would Acquire A Reed Made Of Lightening But I Would Imagine That Bill Clinton Has One.

I Got On The Phone With The President Of My Label And I Said, "obviously, I Write Songs In A Lot Of Styles And Play A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. We're Getting Toward The End Of Our Business Collaboration. If You Could Envision A Record That You Wanted To Hear From Me, What Kind Of Record Would It Be?" It Wasn't Like Asking Him To Fill An Order, It Was Really Just A Conversation. For All The Things I'd Ever Asked Him, This Was One Thing I'd Never Asked, And I Don't Know Why. So I Was Curious. And The Thing That He Was Most Interested In Hearing Was A Solo Record.