The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

I've met every freak in the business.

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.

I used to practice piano for hours, and now, with a synthesizer, you can input the music and the machine perfects the song. That's why we have so many people in the music business who should be plumbers. They don't really understand music because they haven't been trained.

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.

Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive - but that was totally subconscious.