But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.

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I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.

I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.

I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but...

I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but...

I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now.

I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now.

I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could...

I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could...

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a...

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a...

I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.

I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.

But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you...

But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you...

I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.

I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.

In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and...

In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and...

People take songs so literally.

People take songs so literally.

It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.

It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience...

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience...

I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano...

I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano...

But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs.

But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs.

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our...

And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our...

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if...

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if...

When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to...

When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to...

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two...

My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two...