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.

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive

I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all. I can elaborate on it, but I don't want to do that.

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.

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

In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it's supposed to sound like you - the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.

To keep creating you have to be about change.