It's not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.

I'm not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, it's just that things are better now than they were like five, ten years ago. Music has gotten a lot better. There's a lot of people who are committed to - soulfully.

... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style. The result, I think, is pretty interesting ... we don't expect to make a fortune at it or ever be popular or famous or worshipped or hit The Ed Sullivan Show or the circuses or the big top. As long as we can play, we'll play, regardless of what it's for, who it's for or anything. It's fun for us - that's the important thing.

There's a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.

It's odd that there is a high level of appreciation of nature. There is the aesthetic side that really loves nature and beauty.