If you don't know what to play, play nothing.

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play

Always look ahead, but never look back.

If I have a dynamite bass player - I have Darryl Jones - it's so easy to write for him because he's such a funky kid and he's gifted. He's like a little genius.

Play what you know and then play above that

The melody is French. But that's the end of the record. I named it "Jean Pierre Then There Were None," you know, because of the big explosion. You'll like it. It's a nice album.