I need people to call me, I never remember to call anyone - otherwise I'll just sit in my house and listen to music all day.

It's about the music, it's not about just showing people what you can do with a piece of wood with strings on it

I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with

I think a solo moves forward the way a song does, because it's reflective of the chords that I'm considering as I'm soloing, and at the same time I'm going as much out on a limb as Frank Zappa used to, in terms of just going crazy on the instrument.

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird.

I am very happy to be alive. There is much fun to be had. Music, movies, books, paintings, drawingsI hope you have these things where you are. If you have them, what does the real world matter anyway?