Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they tend to start playing only the things that they can play, rather than the things they can't.

I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted