It Feels Really Great To Be Popular.

Back In College, When I Got Kicked Out Of School, I Was Still In School, I'd Just Written The Song That Got Me My Record Deal. If I Hadn't Gotten Kicked Out Of School I Wouldn't Be Where I Am Now. Three Months After That, I Got My Record Deal And The Rest Is History.

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

As I've Gotten Older, Now I've Really Got To Back That Up With Record Sales. Anytime Showed Me That I Could Still Have Some Of Those Elements I Wanted, But You Still Have To Come With Hit After Hit After Hit.

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.

I Used To Play Pianos In Bars. You Know In Hotels, You'd See Guys Playing Piano With A Snifter? That Was Me, With A Painted-on Mustache. I Was About 15.