Lionel Richie Told Me Forget

By 17, I Had A Whole Band That Would Go In And Play. It Was Called Spontaneous Inventions, After A Bobby Mcferrin Album.

Most Of The Stuff I Learned To Play, I Learned In High School. I Had A Band In High School, A Jazz-fusion Thing, And I Was The Keyboard Player. I Was Interested In How The Instruments Worked And The Theory Behind Playing With Them.

A Fine Timepiece Is Part Of Dressing Like A Gentleman. When I First Made A Little Money, I Bought My First Watch Which Was A Rolex Daytona. It Was Just One Of Those Things That Said I Was Successful.

I'll Always Write Music. Whether I Release A Record, Whether I Let The Public Hear It Or Not, I'm Always Writing Music.

I Watch My Contemporaries, And They Love To Live In The Studio And I Don't. I Have A Life. I Treat It As A 9-to-5. I Try To Create Something New Every Day, And Then I Get On With My Life.