I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.

I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.

The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.

Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.

I think you have to be completely merciless with yourself.

I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds like a talented high-school trumpet player to me... he's jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.

I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.