As long as there's something original going on, that's all that matters.

There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

I wanted to be in Rolling Stone number two with a tomorrow feel to it, like an experimental Rolling Stones with Jagger singing.

If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.