My emotions are very simple and always have been about the Hall of Fame. It's something that I had absolutely nothing to do with and had no control over, so I never thought much about it, to be frank.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses, when they had just been invented within 10 years of that period and they had just started to come into their own, especially the old Fender jazz basses and old Rickenbackers and Gibsons. I'm always on the lookout. It's fun.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.