You can't define the ache that's in George's voice. It's just something inherently him. It doesn't need definition. It doesn't need clarification. It doesn't need a lot of things. You just sit back and appreciate it. It's just greatness.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone's skin.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

My mom said, "What I want is a happy kid, not a rich kid. That's what I root for." She saw how much joy I got from playing music, and those years were leaner than lean!

I've never been in the studio where it felt like I didn't have a voice. Whether I was co-producing or producing by myself, this community is the one place where I really see democracy at its purest.

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.