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

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.

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

I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.

That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them.

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.

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