Los Angeles is not Mexico City, but we have many fine nightclubs and restaurants here. It is enough. One must not aim too high.

If you can't get yourself understood, you may have trouble, so you need some interpretation every now and again wherever you might be.

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

There are those who make music and movies in a linear way: They plan them, they have a script. Of course, you have to have a script sometimes, but that alone isn't enough.

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

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

Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.