As soon as you start preaching, nobody wants to hear you because then you're a jerk.

Most people think it's the other way around: that time is going faster and we're doing less. But really time seems to be going faster because we're cramming so much into it.

I think in some ways - only in some ways - but in some ways, rock and roll has let me down. It really doesn't leave you a way to grow old gracefully and continue to work.

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.

Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.

A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.

There's a lot of frustration in trying to get music out when you're the only one who hears it, especially if you have something in your head that's not normal.