That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

Let the music keep our spirits high, let the buildings keep our children dry, let creation reveal its secrets by and bye.

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.

Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind.

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.