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

You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.

Some great experiences I've had and little by little I've come to the realization that everything Frank Zappa told me was the truth, whether I wanted to believe it or not. You know, I was young and naive or in denial. But he really was a special, special human being.

I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.

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

There's things I'd like to do, but I've found that pretty much anything that I try to will to happen doesn't happen, but if you just kind of let go and let things fall into place, somehow I end up being able to do the right thing or the right time.

I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.