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

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

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

I don't think I can play the game and sell myself.

You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.

I married my Japanese wife Mayumi who I'm so happy with, she's been so supportive. I live part time in Japan at her house, so I've been always very influenced by Japan. Since I guess the 70's or so. I've come to appreciate so much of their culture.

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.