Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.