Every song is like a painting.

I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

Music is an attitude. It's a sensation to the average person, to the human being. And keep it simple, stupid. That's always been my theory.

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

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.

I always felt people should live with animals.

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