I'm not a classical player. I don't want to be a classical player. I love to improvise, because things happen that never happen anywhere else.

In my world, if you want to make a record to make money, you're already off to a bad start.

If I had to live on record sales, I'd be pushing up the daisies.

Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path.

Music is closer to poetry than anything.

When I was five, I heard the end of Beethoven's 'Ninth Symphony' with my mother, and I got goosebumps all over my body.

The guitar l learned on was probably worth $4 or something, but it was priceless to me. It meant so much.

Every day, I discover something utterly unbelievable when I play.

The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really.

You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody.