You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.