Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.

I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.

I like to get within handshaking distance of the crowd. If it happens, they know it, we know it, and that's all we came here for.

New York, it was an adult portion. It was an adult dose. So it took a couple of trips to get into it. You just go in the first time and you get your ass kicked and you take off. As soon as it heals up, you come back and you try it again. Eventually, you fall right in love with it.

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

Good times don't last long sometimes.