KK: John Mercer was my hero before he became my friend, so anything with his name on it is a real honor in my eyes. I was thinking back to when I first met him; if I ever thought that I'd be getting an award with his name on it, it would have carried me through a lot of hard times.
KK: I haven't figured out what the hell I'm doing up on a stage, because I'm basically uncomfortable doing it. It's a contradiction if you're a private person and a private artist.