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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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