Japan and Europe seem to have a little more cultural education and so the crowds have been a little more big and enthusiastic, and the places I've played seem a little more classy.

I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood.

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.

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.

Being a professional does not have a very high standard.

I'm happy doing what I do. That's ok. Some guy could appear tomorrow and do it much better than me, and so be it, but right now I'm just happy to be who I am doing what I do.

I'm not Zappa, you know. I'm just Terry.