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

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

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'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.

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