It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved. Not the horror of performing on the piano in front of an assembled audience of quiet people. ….

The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily un….

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up..

The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming..

I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and my relationship with the piano has been going on for about 38 years..

I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best..

We find ourselves only by looking to what we’re not..

When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, a….

You can get to everywhere from almost anywhere..

I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got really hard. I could never play a lead to save m….

Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent..

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?.

We have to save as many lives as we possibly can..

Collaborate, don't dictate..

I've always looked older..

Those who will not start, will never finish..

Those who love to be feared, fear to be loved. Some fear them, but they fear everyone..

Success has less to do with what we can get ourselves to do and more to do with keeping ourselves from doing what we shouldn’t..

You can change an outfit, you can outfit change, or both..

Let's go back, back to the Beginning..

I don't spend a lot of time with anybody..