When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension

When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is always really intense.

No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.

When the movie comes out, what anybody thinks of it doesn't really matter to me. I don't go to the wrap party. I don't go to the premiere.

For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.

When I am in Africa, I always have the feeling that it's where everything started. When I am in New York, I know it is where everything ended up.

I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts.