Most of my records are very dense, composition-heavy, and there's bits of different kinds of music like an acoustic ballad, instrumental trio pieces, and vocal tracks.

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head.

It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention.

If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen

I was a kid, 12 or something, when the Partridge Family was big on TV. I liked the curly cord running from the bass to the amps, which were real fancy. That cord looked so cool. I said, 'Wow! I gotta play something like that!'

Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything.

When Frank Zappa would get an idea for a song, he just did it. He didn't wait for anybody or expect anyone to do it.