The politics, I don't understand it, I'm not happy, don't feel good about it.

I like to play with people who can play simple and are not threatened by other musicians thinking they can't play. And that eliminates 99 percent of the musicians.

You know how the press is: If I mention one mistake, that's the only thing that bothers me unless I mention all the other ones.

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.

Vinyl is great, I made a lot of vinyl, but I don't want new vinyl that's from digital sources, because that's a rip off.