He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.

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

You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.

You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.

With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.