If something doesn't work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn't going to work.

But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you.

The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn't get exposed to.

I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.

I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others. There's something about it that you like. Ultimately I don't find it's in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it's fundamentally emotional.

If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will.