"I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes." — Billy Joel

I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

I'm a history nut.

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.