Miami's never been more than a spit from New York.

Music is life, and life is not a business.

Sex may be a little more factual than love. You know whether it's good or bad. You know whether you liked it or not. You're not going to change your mind about it ten years later.

The problem being: for years I was struggling - first to prove that I had any talent, then to create some skills and finally to fulfil it reasonably. But then once I got there it was, "OK. I did that, but I want to be happy." And that's a whole different deal. It's kind of like a dance. Being active seems to help. I'm 70, so sometimes a little voice is going, "Just take it easy".

I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.

I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues.

They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you.