The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.

He just seems as cool as ever. I can smell him. Even on the other side, there is smell. Like, when babies are born, there's two smells-one is chicken soup, which is the flesh, and the other is lilacs, which is coming from the spiritual garden. The spirit has a lilac smell.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'

You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.

I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.