Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle.

The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn't realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, 'What'd I do? What'd I do?' And he said "Whatever it is, go back and do it again.

He can afford to be unassuming because he has what it takes. A man with lightning in his pocket doesn't ever brag.