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 try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.

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

I'm pretty proud of everything I've done.

You don't know where you're going.

All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.

You try to improvise in a compositional manner. You don't just do some stupid lick you've been practicing, scale form exercises or something.