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.

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

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

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing.