There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.

I'm very grateful to be where I'm at and be able to play. That's really the bottom line for me. Survival and being able to play.

If I practice I'll really alienate people.

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.

You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.

Money and fame are very inconvenient and very problematic.

Being a professional does not have a very high standard.