I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.

I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.

If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good, or you want to learn something, it's information. It's getting the right, good information.

I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into the creative part of life.

Jerry Garcia was one of the original American icons. He played naturally and beautifully.

That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.

I have often read critical pieces where the critic said that what the composer was trying to do didn't come off. I have wondered what the critic meant if he didn't know what the composer was trying to do.