Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of ‘em.

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn't very memorable. I remember the street fights and how you were afraid to cross the bridge 'cause the Irish kid on the other side would beat your head in. I left Chicago a long time ago.

If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in.

If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.