You're not born with certain skills; you have to acquire them.

You can make records from now 'til doomsday, and there are something like 50,000 records released every year, but the public gets to hear very few of these. They just won't know. They might be great records, but how in the world is the public supposed to find out about them?

Musicians are not so concerned with language.

Needless to say, you've got to have someone who can speak for you.

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.

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

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