Let's face it, we're all clones nowadays. We've all got the same archives, we've all got the same Hyundai, we've all got the same Mac or PC components, and we're all being told the same news stories globally.

Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do.

I realize Im an ambitious guy, but I just try to take things as they come, you know, for the most part.

I know Im not going to book everything I go in on, and thats just the nature of the business. You have to keep hustling and not get down on it. You have to keep at it and find your way in. Everybodys story is different.

It seems like people need to get into the last album until they can tolerate the next one. And then, slowly but surely, by the time the new one's available, they've gotten into the last one and they really love it.

You can't go back and edit during the live set in the club. In the studio it's different.

We cannot make rivers whole unless we wholly understand them.