I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.

I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.

I've had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel period. So once you've really Joeled it up - there's some good periods of Joel; it's not all hot cheese. But I can't judge anyone else for their cheese. I've deep-sea dived in the Gouda.

I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream.

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me.