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

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.

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it today and tomorrow they might not. I've had that experience with record companies.

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

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.