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.

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

The idea is more important than the style you're playing in.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

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'm interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes me happy to know it exists.

Only America makes you feel that everybody wants to be like you. That's what success is: Everybody wants to be like you.