People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.

I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.

Every song is like a painting.

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

I always felt people should live with animals.

I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.