If I'm improvising and I'm not doing well it's because I'm not listening very well. Either I'm overly concerned with something or I'm drifting or maybe I'm too stoned but I'm not getting a clear signal.

I had a job at a movie theater for like a year and a half and then a job at a health food store for like two years. Those were the only two jobs I ever had.

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano.

Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening.

We're all just memories of our future selves.

I'm always trying to see things from different peoples' perspectives, to understand why they love something.

Whether I go to English-speaking countries or non-English-speaking countries I can just modulate to what works for them.