When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played.

Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass.

The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.

I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.

Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.