All the money in the world is spent on feeling good.

You have to be around people you trust; otherwise you can't do anything - you're afraid, you're paranoid, and you can't do any work.

Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.

Something has to happen between you and the public, some interface that lets the public in on what you're doing.

You have to be able to improvise and respond to what's going on around you. Then you might get a good piece of work done.

Once you feel that you've learned some skills and you know how to make records, the next thing is, "Do we ever get to make one that people will really like?" Because then we'll have something to do.

Everything you do is challenging, hopefully, because if it's not, it's boring.