Like Ron Lorman's always sayin', "Na-na-na-na-na," you know what I mean? I don't need that in the studio.

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

It's a different ballgame now, so that lets [teo] Macero out. He's always complainin', always sick.

I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.

To keep creating you have to be about change.

My ego only needs a good rhythm section

I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo.