You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.

I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.

Sometimes I feel like a one man crusade against the devaluation of music in America and culture in the arts.

I'm not Zappa, you know. I'm just Terry.

If it's something that I just can't get anywhere with, even if I think this could be a hit, I just drop it and it doesn't get developed.

I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood.

When I was in eighth grade said sit in at a graduation party and I played 'Boys' by The Beatles and fifty people were standing around with their mouths open. And you kind of get the hint, well maybe I should do this because I'm not very good at sports, I'm not that popular, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very good looking, but when I played the drums, everybody liked it.