My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music.

If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.

Music was the medium through which knowledge was passed from generation to generation.

For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.

The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him wobble, everybody gasps.

Honesty is the most subversive of all disguises.