Musician Quotes

I love listening to Radio Head's 'Everything in its Right Place' because it's all major chords, it makes you feel really good. It's soothing, it's got a beautiful voice, crazy textures. When I'm down I listen to that song and it really makes me feel good.

I hope America sees I am a goofy guy andI'm kind a crazy, I hope they see that I am a musician aswell, that I have music all around my body - I'm just exfoliating music, and I just hope America sees that.

I had no idea I could make it this far. And the fact that they told me I made it this far and that America is going to vote for me, I freaked out.

My favorite type of music to sing to would be rock and roll, Tenacious D, Led Zeppelin, some Queen - I love all of them. I love singing to them because they're all just great voices. I love listening to very obscure jazz.

You're just sort of searching for this 'thing' and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo.

On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things.

If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.

I don't remember what was going through my mind, but what was going through my body was fear and terror. I had been on the road with Johnny and working gigs and playing a lot of the organ clubs.

Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.

I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease.

I think it would be great if there were no age limit.

I think a duet with Janet is a great idea.

I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film.

I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.

I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.

I feel blessed to have as many comebacks as I can.

I can't wait to be back on the dance floor. I feel really good about it.

I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.

Everything is always a little surreal.

Any types of auditions will be posted in trade magazines.

'American Idol' has taken over my whole life.

If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it.

For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him.

All you can do is the best you can do.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.