The majority of the people I work with are more than musicians and singers, they are personal friends and friends help each other.

When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album.

Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.

I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.

Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of whatever is wrong in society, and I think it's important for us to continue to do that, and I don't see enough of it today.

At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.

I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage.