When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

I wish I had a talking book that told me how to act and look, a talking book that contained keys to past and present memories

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does.

It's interesting to have a conglomeration of people that covers the strata from A to Z... There's a certain element of the audience that's intellectually oriented, into the lyrics... then there's another element of the audience that's into a sex trip. I'm into both of them.

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

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.