It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.

After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player.

It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.

Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.

I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.

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

We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've separated music from life.