I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.

... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.

When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it's

When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.

My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don't want to listen to this or that. Because if you can't appreciate the bad for being bad, you can't appreciate the good. If you turn a deaf ear to everything but one style, pretty soon it's not going to work out.

I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last.

I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.