As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it.
I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that's even - I can write something.
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
If you don't know what to play, play nothing.
If I hear a song like "Time After Time." I'm sittin' there lookin' at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin' this song. I said, "God damnnnnn!"