My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.

We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.