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.

After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.

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.

People have often said to me, 'You're so relaxed when you play.' Relaxed my elbow. It's practice.

If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.