It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

Sometimes [playing free] doesn't happen, because maybe a guy's wife'll come in, you know, and his ego will catch him. If everybody's completely just straight-without any old ladies over here, a fourth of whisky over there; if it's balanced right, it'll come off. It has to be. But when you get egos involved with playing free, you can't do it.

They [police] do me like that all the time! "What you work for?".

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

I mean, it makes me sick when I see a white man sitting there smiling at me being entertaining, man. When I know what he's gonna do after he gets through. You know, when you see that thing on their face - like: "Entertain me." You know what I mean? Even the black guy that's trying to be white - even he can have that crap on his face.

I can hear what I want [people] to play. If you don't hear what you want someone to play, then you can't tell 'em.