The absence of a bass player always makes things go faster and hit harder in the high-end range.

I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.

Working with different people and do things that normally I would not do makes the music interesting for me to continue. It keeps me alive. When I'm doing something alone, that is mine, I know how it is. But when I'm working with someone else, I also see the view from the other, and usually learn something new, try something different. This is very important to my happiness.

I have been a provoker and I'll probably always be one in the public arena for the rest of my life.

I've always been a fan of album covers with no writing on them and have used them a lot in my own groups.

The ability to play with different people is infinitely fascinating to me.

You're charging money to have people come watch you play; I want them to feel taken someplace good or provoked into thinking my way for an hour and a half or two hours.