Of course the headspace for the young musician is whatever the guy who is paying you says, is right, but that's all.

The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.

The first time I ever went to Chicago was with Zappa and I had a fantastic experiences with him and every other band I've played with. It's a great music town.

I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the string melody, the first one is five notes, the next one is seven, and then the third one is five.

There are things I've kept over the years and then someday I might pull up a program of some tune that I've done and I go "Wow, I know what to do with this now".

I'm not going to limit myself in ways to compose or how I should record. You just do what you can with what you've got at the moment.

I do the same thing every night, but different.