Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer.

I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.

I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock.

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

I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.

People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.

My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge.